Thomas Mead Bowen

Republican Senator of Colorado

Congresses Served

Senate Terms

January 1, 1835 (71 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1906

Death

Served as a state legislator in both Iowa and Colorado.
Was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet brigadier general.
Served as a justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court during the Reconstruction era.
Briefly held the position of Governor of Idaho Territory in 1871.
Elected as a judge in Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Court, serving from 1876 to 1880.
Served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1882.
Served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 1883 to 1889, during which he chaired the Committee on Mining and the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Engaged in mining activities in Colorado after his political career.
Passed away in Pueblo, Colorado, and is interred at Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo.