Jonathan H. Rowell | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Gurney Cannon |
| Succeeded by | Owen Scott |
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| Born | (1833-02-10)February 10, 1833 Haverhill, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 1908(1908-05-15) (aged 75) Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Jonathan Harvey Rowell (February 10, 1833 – May 15, 1908) was aU.S. Representative fromIllinois.
Born inHaverhill, New Hampshire, Rowell attended Rock Creek School and later graduated fromEureka College, Illinois. During theCivil War he served as a company officer in theSeventeenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
In 1867 his sonChester Harvey Rowell was born. Chester would later become active in politics in California. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice inBloomington, Illinois. He was the state's attorney of the eighth judicial circuit of Illinois 1868-1872.
Rowell was elected as aRepublican to the48th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Fifty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to theFifty-second Congress after which he resumed the practice of law.
He died in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, May 16, 1908, and was interred inEvergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, Illinois).
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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