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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | William H. Bower |
Address | Caldwell County Lenoir, North Carolina , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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June 06, 1850
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Died | May 11, 1910
(59 years)
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Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modifed | Chronicler Jun 06, 2020 05:19am |
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Info | BOWER, William Horton, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., June 6, 1850; attended the Finley High School at Lenoir, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Lenoir; moved to California in 1876 and taught school there four years; returned to Lenoir, N.C., in 1881; member of the State house of representatives in 1882; served in the State senate in 1884; solicitor of the tenth judicial district of North Carolina in 1885 and 1886
Candidate for the nomination for US House 1890; defeated at the Democratic congressional district convention on the 147th ballot by Wm H H Cowles.
US House (D-NC) 1893-1895; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress
Resumed the practice of law in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., and died there May 11, 1910; interment in Elkville Cemetery, Caldwell County, N.C.
[Link] ; Moganton Herald, 8/30/1894 |
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