John M. Bowers
American politician
Biography
Lists
Also Viewed
The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | American politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician Lawyer | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
| Gender |
| |
| Birth | 25 September 1772, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 24 February 1846Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, U.S.A. (aged 73 years) | |
| Politics: | Federalist Party |
The details
Biography
John Myer Bowers (September 25, 1772 – February 24, 1846) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools, and graduated from Columbia College in New York City. Then he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1802.
Bowers commenced practice in Cooperstown, and moved to his country home, "Lakelands," near Cooperstown, New York, in 1805. He was declared elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect William Dowse and served as United States Representative for the fifteenth district of New York from June 21, 1813 to December 20, 1813; when Isaac Williams, Jr., who had contested the election, was declared entitled to the seat. Afterwards Bowers resumed his practice of law in Cooperstown.
Bowers died in Cooperstown, New York; and was buried at the Lakewood Cemetery there.