William Henry Harrison Stowell Explained

William Henry Harrison Stowell
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State:Virginia
District:4th
Term:March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877
Preceded:George W. Booker
Succeeded:Joseph Jorgensen
Party:Republican
Birth Date:July 26, 1840
Birth Place:Windsor, Vermont, U.S.
Death Place:Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting Place:Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City
Profession:businessman, politician, journalist
Office2:Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party
Termstart2:1872
Termend2:1873

William Henry Harrison Stowell (July 26, 1840 – April 27, 1922) was a 19th-century congressman, merchant and industrialist from Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Biography

Born in Windsor, Vermont, Stowell attended public schools in Boston, Massachusetts, as a child and graduated from Boston Latin School in 1860. He engaged in mercantile pursuits before moving to Virginia in 1865 and became collector of internal revenue for the fourth district in 1869. Stowell was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1877 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. Simultaneously, he served as the chairman of the state Republican Party from 1872 to 1873.[1] He moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1880 and engaged in paper manufacturing and later moved to Duluth, Minnesota, in 1886 and engaging in paper and steel manufacturing. Stowell was president of the Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth from 1889 to 1895 and was a correspondent in Paris, France, for various newspapers. He moved to Amherst, Massachusetts in 1914, where he died on April 27, 1922.[2] Stowell was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.

Electoral history

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Virginia Republican Party offices . 2023-10-08 . politicalgraveyard.com.
  2. News: Former Papermill Man Here Is Dead in East. The Post-Crescent. April 29, 1922. 1. Newspapers.com. January 8, 2016 .