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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaCharles Calvin BOWMAN
(1852-1941)
BOWMAN, Charles Calvin, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Troy, Rensselaer County,
N.Y., November 14, 1852; attended the public schools and
Lansingburg Academy, Troy, N.Y.; learned the woodworking trade; was
graduated in civil engineering from Union College, Schenectady,
N.Y., in 1875; engaged in civil engineering work for the State of
Massachusetts at Danvers in 1875; organized the western shipping
department of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., Pittston, Pa., in 1876,
which he managed until 1883; served as general manager of the
Florence Coal Co., in 1883 and 1884, later operating as an
independent miner and shipper of anthracite coal; mayor of the city
of Pittston in 1886; also served as a member of the city council
for sixteen terms; delegate to the Independent Republican State
convention in 1890 and to the Republican State convention in 1898;
presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the
Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, to December
12, 1912, when the seat was declared vacant; unsuccessful candidate
for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; resumed the coal
business; died in Pittston, Pa., July 3, 1941; interment in
Pittston Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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