Justin De Witt Bowersock
U.S. Congressperson
1842 – 1922
Who was Justin De Witt Bowersock?
Justin De Witt Bowersock was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and grain shipping. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1877 and engaged in banking and in the manufacture of flour, paper, and barbed wire. He served as mayor of Lawrence 1881-1885.
Bowersock was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1887. He served as a member of the Kansas State Senate in 1895.
Bowersock was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was interested in banking and manufactures in Lawrence, Kansas, until his death there on October 27, 1922. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1842
Columbiana - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Oct 27, 1922
Lawrence
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on July 23, 2013
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