Benjamin S. Cowen

Benjamin Sprague Cowen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
Preceded by Isaac Parrish
Succeeded by Jacob Brinkerhoff
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Belmont County district
In office
December 2, 1844 – December 6, 1846
Serving with Peter Tallman
Preceded by Samuel Dunn, William R. Carle
Succeeded by J. C. Kerr, M. Hogue
Personal details
Born (1793-09-27)September 27, 1793
Washington County, New York
Died September 27, 1869(1869-09-27) (aged 76)
St. Clairsville, Ohio
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) Anne Wood
Children Benjamin R. Cowen

Benjamin Sprague Cowen (September 27, 1793 – September 27, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Life

Born in Washington County, New York, Cowen attended the common schools, and later studied medicine. He served in the War of 1812 as a private. In 1820, he moved to Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he practiced medicine and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He edited the Belmont Chronicle 1836-1840, and served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839.

Cowen was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843). He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846, and as presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1847.

In 1854, he was on the nominating committee of the Republican Party, representing Belmont County.[1]

He died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 27, 1869. His obituary was published in the September 30, 1869 edition of the Belmont Chronicle.[2]

Family

Cowen was married to Anne Wood (1794–1865) of Washington County, New York in 1820.[3]

He was father of American Civil War Union Army General Benjamin Rush Cowen.

Notes

  1. ↑ Smith, Joseph Patterson (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Lewis Publishing Company.
  2. ↑ "Belmont chronicle. (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, September 30, 1869, Image 3". 1869-09-30. ISSN 2333-0112. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ↑ Brown, John Howard, ed. (1900). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. 2. Boston: James H. Lamb Co. p. 213.

References

  • United States Congress. "Benjamin S. Cowen (id: C000821)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  •  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Cowen, Benjamin S.". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Isaac Parrish		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th congressional district
1841–1843		 Succeeded by
Jacob Brinkerhoff
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