William Horton Bower

Democrat Representative of North Carolina's 8th district

  • Representative

    North Carolina, district 8

    August 7, 1893 - March 3, 1895

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

June 6, 1850 (59 years old)

Birthday

May 11, 1910

Death

  • Served as a United States Representative for one term (1893–95)
  • Was a lawyer by profession
  • Admitted to the bar in 1870
  • Lived in California for four years before returning to Lenoir, North Carolina in 1881
  • Elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1882
  • Elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1884
  • Appointed as solicitor (district attorney) of the tenth judicial district of North Carolina, serving from 1885 to 1890
  • Elected to Congress after the retirement of William H. H. Cowles
  • Lost re-election bid in 1894 to Romulus Z. Linney, who ran on a Fusion ticket with the Populists