George Meade Bowers | |
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.jpeg) George M. Bowers during his tenure as U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's2nd district | |
| In office May 9, 1916 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | William Gay Brown Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Lee Allen |
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| Born | (1863-09-13)September 13, 1863 Gerrardstown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 1925(1925-12-07) (aged 62) Martinsburg, West Virginia |
| Political party | Republican |
| 5th United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries | |
| In office 1898–1913 | |
| President | William McKinley (1898–1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) William Howard Taft (1909–1913) |
| Preceded by | John J. Brice |
| Succeeded by | Hugh McCormick Smith |
George Meade Bowers (September 13, 1863 – December 7, 1925) was an American politician who representedWest Virginia in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1916 to 1923.
Bowers was born inGerrardstown, West Virginia. He was educated by private tutors and attended high school. Later, he engaged inbanking.[1]
Bowers served as a member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates from 1883 to 1887. He was the supervisor of the United Statescensus for West Virginia in 1890 and a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1892. He was a member and treasurer of the board of World’s Fair commissioners for West Virginia in 1893 and as the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries led the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries (widely referred to theUnited States Fish Commission) from 1898 to 1903 and its successor organization, theUnited States Bureau of Fisheries, from 1903 to 1913, when he resigned.[1]
Bowers was elected as a Republican to theSixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilliam G. Brown, Jr. and was reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from May 9, 1916, to March 3, 1923. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to theSixty-eighth Congress. After leaving Congress, he was president of the People’s Trust Company. He died inMartinsburg, West Virginia, in 1925 and was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Gerrardstown, West Virginia.[1]
Thespecific name of theparrotfishChlorurus bowersi,described in 1909 byJohn Otterbein Snyder, honours Bowers.[2]
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