Robert Lowry
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's12th district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Walpole G. Colerick
Succeeded by	James B. White
Personal details
Born	(1824-04-02)April 2, 1824 Killyleagh,County Down,Ireland
Died	January 27, 1904(1904-01-27) (aged 79) Fort Wayne,Indiana,U.S.
Resting place	Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Party	Democratic
Occupation	Attorney

Robert Lowry (April 2, 1824 – January 27, 1904) was aU.S. representative fromIndiana.

Born inKillyleagh,County Down,Ireland, Lowry immigrated to theUnited States and settled inRochester, New York.He was educated in private schools and had partial academic course.Librarian of Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association.He studied law.He moved toFort Wayne, Indiana, in 1843.City recorder in 1844 and 1845.He wasadmitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice inGoshen, Indiana.Auditor of Elkhart County in 1852.Circuit judge in 1852.He served as president of the Democratic State convention.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore in 1860 and 1872.He served as circuit judge from 1864 until January 1875, when he resigned.He served as judge of the superior court in 1877 and 1878.

Lowry was elected the first president of the Indiana State Bar Association in July 1879.

Lowry was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-eighth andForty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-ninth Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to theFiftieth Congress.He resumed the practice of law.He died inFort Wayne, Indiana, January 27, 1904.He was interred in Lindenwood Cemetery.

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