Justin De Witt Bowersock
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's2nd district
In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	Mason S. Peters
Succeeded by	Charles Frederick Scott
Personal details
Born	(1842-09-19)September 19, 1842 Columbiana, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1922(1922-10-27) (aged 80) Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Party	Republican

Justin De Witt Bowersock (September 19, 1842 – October 27, 1922) was aU.S. representative fromKansas.

Justin De Witt Bowersick was born on September 19, 1942,^[1] nearColumbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved toIowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits andgrain shipping. He moved toLawrence, Kansas, where he engaged in business as a grain merchant. In 1877, he moved toLawrence, Kansas, where he saw water power possibilities. He built a dam across theKansas River and established several manufacturing plants with the power thus developed. He was later made president of the Kansas Water Power Company, organized the Douglas County Bank (later the Lawrence National) in 1878, and was elected president in 1888. He was also president of the Bowersock Mills & Power Company, the Kansas Water Power Company, the Griffin Ice Company, the Lawrence Iron Works, the Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Company, and the Kansas & Colorado Railroad Company.

Bowersock was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was interested in banking and manufactures inLawrence, Kansas, until his death there on October 27, 1922.^[1] He was interred inOak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.^[1]

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