Justin De Witt Bowersock Explained

Justin De Witt Bowersock
State:Kansas
Term Start:March 4, 1899
Term End:March 3, 1907
Predecessor:Mason S. Peters
Successor:Charles Frederick Scott
Birth Date:19 September 1842
Birth Place:Columbiana, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Resting Place:Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Party:Republican

Justin De Witt Bowersock (September 19, 1842 – October 27, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Early life

Justin De Witt Bowersick was born on September 19, 1942,[1] near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and grain shipping. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1877 and engaged in banking and in the manufacture of flour, paper, and barbed wire.[2] He served as mayor of Lawrence from 1881 to 1885. Bowersock was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1887. He served as a member of the Kansas State Senate in 1895.[3]

Bowersock was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was interested in banking and manufactures in Lawrence, Kansas, until his death there on October 27, 1922. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Funeral of J. D. Bowersock Held This Afternoon . 1922-10-28 . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . 1 . 2022-08-13 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 . GovInfo.gov . U.S. Government Printing Office . 2 July 2023 . 35 . 9 November 1903.
  3. Web site: Bowersock, Justin De Witt—Biographical Information. bioguide.congress.gov. 2016-01-15.