Obadiah Bowne Explained

Obadiah Bowne
State:New York
District:2nd
Term Start:March 4, 1851
Term End:March 3, 1853
Preceded:David A. Bokee
Succeeded:Thomas W. Cumming
Birth Date: May 19, 1822
Birth Place:Staten Island, New York, United States
Death Place:Richmond Village, New York, US
Profession:Attorney
Party:WhigRepublican
Alma Mater:Princeton College

Obadiah Bowne (May 19, 1822 – April 27, 1874) was an American politician and a United States representative from New York.[1]

Biography

Born in Staten Island, New York, Bowne attended private schools, and was a student at Princeton College from 1838 to 1840.

Bowne's collateral ancestor was John Bowne, pioneer of North American religious liberty.

Career

Bowne held several local offices.

Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress Bowne served as a United States Representative for the second district of New York from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852 and was quarantine commissioner from 1857 to 1859. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1864.

Death

Bowne died in Richmond Village, Staten Island, New York, on April 27, 1874 (age 51 years, 343 days). He is interred at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Staten Island, New York.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Obadiah Bowne. 1901. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.