James B. Bowlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James B. Bowlin

United States Representative from Missouri, 1836-1837

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1804

Place of Birth: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1874

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About James B. Bowlin

  • James Butler Bowlin (January 16, 1804 – July 19, 1874) was a U.S.
  • Representative from Missouri.
  • Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bowlin took an apprenticeship to a trade but abandoned it to teach at a school.
  • He received a classical education and moved to Lewisburg, Virginia in 1825.
  • Bowlin studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822, commencing his practice in Greenbrier County.
  • He moved to St.
  • Louis, Missouri in 1833 and continued the practice of law.
  • Bowlin also established the Farmers and Mechanics' Advocate. Bowlin served as Chief Clerk of the State House of Representatives in 1836.
  • He served as member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837, was appointed district attorney for St.
  • Louis in 1837, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the State House of Representatives in 1838.
  • Bowlin was elected judge of the criminal court in 1839 and served until his resignation in 1842. Bowlin was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851).
  • He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-first Congress).
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. Bowlin was appointed Minister Resident to New Granada by President Pierce December 13, 1854.
  • He was appointed commissioner to Paraguay by President Buchanan September 9, 1858, and served until February 10, 1859.
  • Afterwards, Bowlin resumed the practice of law.
  • He died in St.
  • Louis, July 19, 1874, and was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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