Selwyn Zadock Bowman
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's5th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Nathaniel P. Banks
Succeeded by	Leopold Morse
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1870–1871 1875
Member of theMassachusetts Senate
In office 1876–1877
Personal details
Born	May 11, 1840 Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 30, 1928(1928-09-30) (aged 88) Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Party	Republican
Spouse	Martha Emily Tufts
Children	Mabel E. Bowman, Ethel Bowman
Alma mater	Harvard College, 1860 Harvard Law School, 1863
Profession	Attorney

Selwyn Zadock Bowman (May 11, 1840 – September 30, 1928) was an American attorney and politician who served in several public offices, including that of theU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Bowman was born inCharlestown, Massachusetts, to Zadock and Rosetta (Crane) Bowman. He attended the Charlestown public schools and Charlestown High School. He moved toSomerville, Massachusetts, with his parents in 1856.

He graduated fromHarvard University in 1860 and from its law school in 1863.He wasadmitted to the bar in 1863, commenced practice inBoston, Massachusetts, and continued his residence in Somerville.

He served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1870, 1871, and again in 1875. He served ascity solicitor ofSomerville, Massachusetts, in 1872 and 1873. He served in the state senate in 1876 and 1877.

Bowman was elected as aRepublican to theforty-sixth andforty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to theForty-eighth Congress.

He returned to Somerville and resumed the practice of law in Boston. He again served as city solicitor for Somerville from 1888 to 1897. He moved toCohasset in 1914 and continued the practice of law in Boston.

Bowman died inFramingham, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1928. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge.

• 1875 Massachusetts legislature
• 1876 Massachusetts legislature
• 1877 Massachusetts legislature

• United States Congress."Selwyn Z. Bowman (id: B000705)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Headley, Phineas Camp:Public men of to-day: being biographies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, each member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Governors of the Several States., pages 293-294, (1882).

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