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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Butler BOWLIN
(1804-1874)
BOWLIN, James Butler, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Fredericksburg,
Spotsylvania County, Va., January 16, 1804; apprenticed to a trade,
but abandoned it to teach school; received a classical education;
moved to Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Va., in 1825; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in
Greenbrier County; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1833 and continued
the practice of law; established the Farmers and Mechanics’
Advocate; chief clerk of the State house of representatives in
1836; member of the State house of representatives in 1836 and
1837; appointed district attorney for St. Louis in 1837;
unsuccessful candidate for the State house of representatives in
1838; elected judge of the criminal court in 1839 and served until
his resignation in 1842; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth
and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3,
1851); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-ninth
Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-first Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second
Congress; appointed Minister Resident to New Granada by President
Pierce December 13, 1854; appointed commissioner to Paraguay by
President Buchanan September 9, 1858, and served until February 10,
1859; resumed the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., July 19,
1874; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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