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Samuel Smith Bowne

Democrat Representative of New York's 19th district

  • Representative

    New York, district 19

    May 31, 1841 - March 3, 1843

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

April 11, 1800 (65 years old)

Birthday

July 9, 1865

Death

  • Served one term as a U.S. Representative from 1841 to 1843
  • Born in New Rochelle, New York, and later moved to Otsego County
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits before studying law
  • Admitted to the bar in 1832 and began practicing law in Laurens, New York
  • Served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1834
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress
  • Was not a candidate for renomination in 1842
  • Moved to Rochester, New York, in 1846 and continued practicing law
  • Served as judge of Otsego County from 1851 to 1855
  • Died on his farm near Morris, New York, in 1865
  • Married Cordelia Shove and had four children: Samuel, Richard, Cordelia, and Charles
  • Interred at Friends Burying Ground, Morris, New York