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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaHarry Emerson ROWBOTTOM
(1884-1934)
ROWBOTTOM, Harry Emerson,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Aurora, Dearborn County,
Ind., November 3, 1884; moved with his parents to Ludlow, Ky., in
1885; attended the common schools; was graduated from Ludlow High
School in 1901; attended Kentucky State College at Lexington
1902-1904; salesman of lubricating oils 1904-1907; attended the
Cincinnati Business College and was graduated in accountancy in
1907; engaged as an auditor in Cincinnati 1907-1910 and in Chicago
1910-1912; moved to Evansville, Ind., in 1913 and was employed as
chief clerk for the Indiana Refining Co. 1913-1918; member of the
Indiana State house of representatives 1919-1923; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first
Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful for
reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; engaged as
commercial agent for a truck line; died in Evansville, Ind., March
22, 1934; interment in Locust Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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