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Thomas Fielder Bowie
Thomas Fielder Bowie (April 7, 1808 – October 30, 1869) was an American politician, lawyer, and tobacco planter. He represented Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Bowie was born on April 7, 1808 at Essington in Queen Anne, in Prince George's County, Maryland. His parents were Mary (née Wooton) and Thomas Contee Bowie.
He attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and Princeton College. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1827. While at Union College, Bowie helped found the Sigma Phi fraternity on March 4, 1827.
Bowie studied law with Reverdy Johnson, his brother-in-law. He was admitted to the bar in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1829.
Bowie was a planter, horse breeder, and lawyer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. In April 1829, he advertised as an attorney and counsellor of law, practicing in Prince George's County Courts, the Court of Appeals, and the High Court of Chancery. In August 1841, he was appointed a state deputy attorney general for Prince George's County. He was the deputy attorney general for Prince George's County from 1833 to 1842.
In July 1833, Bowie was a delegate and the secretary of the Republican Party convention for Prince George's County. In July 1835, he was elected chair of the county's Whig Party. In January 1837, he was elected secretary of the Convention of the Planters and Growers of Tobacco of the U.S. in Washington, D.C., and was also the secretary of the Prince George's Agricultural Society in 1843 and president in 1851.
Bowie was secretary of the Prince George's County Whig Party in 1841. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Prince George's County as a Whig from 1837 to 1839 and 1842 to 1846. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1843.
In July 1848, Bowie switched to the Independent Taylor Party, supporting Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Bowie served as a member of the Maryland Constitutional Reform Convention in 1850; he was chair of the committee on the judiciary department in 1851. He was an unsuccessful Independent candidate to the United States House of Representatives in 1851, after stepping down from his nomination as the Whig candidate. He was also a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1852.
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Thomas Fielder Bowie
Thomas Fielder Bowie (April 7, 1808 – October 30, 1869) was an American politician, lawyer, and tobacco planter. He represented Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Bowie was born on April 7, 1808 at Essington in Queen Anne, in Prince George's County, Maryland. His parents were Mary (née Wooton) and Thomas Contee Bowie.
He attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and Princeton College. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1827. While at Union College, Bowie helped found the Sigma Phi fraternity on March 4, 1827.
Bowie studied law with Reverdy Johnson, his brother-in-law. He was admitted to the bar in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1829.
Bowie was a planter, horse breeder, and lawyer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. In April 1829, he advertised as an attorney and counsellor of law, practicing in Prince George's County Courts, the Court of Appeals, and the High Court of Chancery. In August 1841, he was appointed a state deputy attorney general for Prince George's County. He was the deputy attorney general for Prince George's County from 1833 to 1842.
In July 1833, Bowie was a delegate and the secretary of the Republican Party convention for Prince George's County. In July 1835, he was elected chair of the county's Whig Party. In January 1837, he was elected secretary of the Convention of the Planters and Growers of Tobacco of the U.S. in Washington, D.C., and was also the secretary of the Prince George's Agricultural Society in 1843 and president in 1851.
Bowie was secretary of the Prince George's County Whig Party in 1841. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Prince George's County as a Whig from 1837 to 1839 and 1842 to 1846. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maryland in 1843.
In July 1848, Bowie switched to the Independent Taylor Party, supporting Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Bowie served as a member of the Maryland Constitutional Reform Convention in 1850; he was chair of the committee on the judiciary department in 1851. He was an unsuccessful Independent candidate to the United States House of Representatives in 1851, after stepping down from his nomination as the Whig candidate. He was also a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1852.
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