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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSelwyn Zadock BOWMAN
(1840-1928)
BOWMAN, Selwyn Zadock, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 11, 1840; attended the Charlestown public
schools; moved to Somerville, Mass., with his parents in 1855; was
graduated from Harvard University in 1860 and from its law school
in 1863; was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in
Boston, Mass., and continued his residence in Somerville, Mass.;
member of the State house of representatives in 1870, 1871, and
again in 1875; city solicitor of Somerville, Mass., in 1872 and
1873; served in the State senate in 1876 and 1877; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March
4, 1879-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; returned to Somerville, Mass.,
and resumed the practice of law in Boston, Mass.; again served as
city solicitor of Somerville, Mass., 1888-1897; moved to Cohasset,
Mass., in 1914, and continued the practice of law in Boston, Mass.;
died in Framingham, Mass., September 30, 1928; interment in Mount
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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