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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames Foster McDOWELL
(1825-1887)
McDOWELL, James Foster, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Mifflin County, Pa., December
3, 1825; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1835; attended the
public schools; worked in a printing office; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1846 and practiced; prosecuting attorney of
Darke County, Ohio, in 1848; moved to Marion, Ind., in 1851 and
engaged in the practice of law; established the Marion Journal in
1851; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864
to the Thirty-ninth Congress; delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1876; engaged in the practice of law in Marion, Ind.,
until his death in that city April 18, 1887; interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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