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Henry Bowen

American politician (1841–1915)

Summary

American politician (1841–1915)

Field	Value
birthname	Henry Bowen
image	Bowen, Hon. H., Va Crop.jpg
caption	Portrait by C. M. Bell 1883–1889
state1	Virginia
district1	9th
term_start2	March 4, 1883
term_end2	March 3, 1885
preceded2	Abram Fulkerson
succeeded2	Connally Findlay Trigg
term_start1	March 4, 1887
term_end1	March 3, 1889
preceded1	Connally Findlay Trigg
succeeded1	John A. Buchanan
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	Tazewell County, Virginia, U.S.
death_place	Tazewell, Virginia, U.S.
restingplace	Jeffersonville Cemetery
restingplacecoordinates
party	Readjuster (1883–1885)
Republican (1887–1889)
alma_mater	Emory and Henry College
signature	Signature of Henry Bowen (1841–1915).png
allegiance	Confederate States
branch
serviceyears	1861–1864
rank	[[File:Confederate States of America Captain.png	35px]] Captain
unit	8th Virginia Cavalry
battles	American Civil War

Republican (1887–1889)

Henry Bowen (December 26, 1841 – April 29, 1915) was a Virginia lawyer, soldier and politician from Tazewell County, Virginia. After raising a unit which became the 22nd Virginia Cavalry, he fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, after which Bowen served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, first as a Readjuster, then as a Republican.

Family and early life

Born at "Maiden Spring," near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, Bowen was the son of Democratic Congressman Rees Bowen, nephew of Senator John Warfield Johnston (a postwar member of the Conservative Party of Virginia, and cousin of Tennessee's last Whig governor William Bowen Campbell. After a private education suitable to his class, he attended Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia.

Confederate captain

Bowen farmed, then entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a captain in Company H of the 8th Virginia Cavalry, which fought with Payne's brigade, Lee's division, Army of Northern Virginia. On December 21, 1864, Sheridan's cavalry captured Capt. Bowen at Lacy Springs, Virginia. Upon being paroled on June 19, 1865, Bowen returned to his native county and resumed farming.

Political career

Bowen was elected and re-elected as one of Tazewell County's representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1869 to 1873. In 1883, he was elected as a Readjuster to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Bowen failed to win renomination in 1884. He was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.

In 1892, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He returned to his farm and raised livestock in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Death and legacy

Bowen died at his home, "Maiden Spring", in Tazewell County, April 29, 1915, and was buried in Jeffersonville Cemetery, Tazewell, Virginia.

References

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for Bowen, H. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DE537184-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

Wikipedia Source

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