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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Richard Johns Bowie |
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Rockville, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 01, 1807
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| Died | March 12, 1881
(73 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Practiced law in Rockville, Montgomery County. Member of the Whig party. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1835-37. Member of the Maryland Senate, 1837-41. Delegate to the Whig National Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1840. State's Attorney for Montgomery County, 1844-49. Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1849-53. Whig party candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1854. Became a "Union Democrat" after the dissolution of the Whigs; opposed secession. On June 28, 1863, Judge Bowie was briefly detained by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his forces, upon their approach of Rockville. Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1861-67; Associate Judge, 1871-81. Chief Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1871-81. Director, Farmer's Bank of Maryland.
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