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Obadiah Bowne

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Obadiah Bowne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byDavid A. Bokee
Succeeded byThomas W. Cumming
Personal details
BornMay 19, 1822 (1822-05-19)
Staten Island, New York, United States
DiedApril 27, 1874 (1874-04-28) (aged 51)
Richmond Village, New York, US
Political party
Alma materPrinceton College
ProfessionAttorney

Obadiah Bowne (May 19, 1822 – April 27, 1874) was an American politician and a United States representative from New York.[1]

Biography

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Born in Staten Island, New York, Bowne attended private schools, and was a student at Princeton College from 1838 to 1840.

Bowne's collateral ancestor was John Bowne, pioneer of North American religious liberty.

Career

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Bowne held several local offices.

Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress Bowne served as a United States Representative for the second district of New York from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852 and was quarantine commissioner from 1857 to 1859. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1864.

Death

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Bowne died in Richmond Village, Staten Island, New York, on April 27, 1874 (age 51 years, 343 days). He is interred at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Staten Island, New York.

References

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  1. ^ Obadiah Bowne. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. 1901.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Succeeded by