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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJohn Anderson McDOWELL
(1853-1927)
McDOWELL, John Anderson, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Killbuck, Holmes County, Ohio,
September 25, 1853; attended the common schools, the Millersburg
High School, and Lebanon (Ohio) Normal College; was graduated from
the Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1887; taught in rural
schools 1870-1877; principal of Millersburg High School 1877-1879;
superintendent of Millersburg schools 1879-1896; county school
examiner for twenty years; instructor in the summer school of the
College of Wooster, Ohio, 1896-1917 and in the summer school of
Ashland (Ohio) College in 1918; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3,
1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900;
superintendent of public instruction of the Ashland city schools
1908-1927; trustee of the State normal college at Kent, Ohio,
1911-1922; president of Northeastern Ohio Teachers’
Association in 1921 and of Ohio State Teachers’ Association
in 1926; also interested in agricultural pursuits; died in
Cleveland, Ohio, October 2, 1927; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery,
Millersburg, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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