Justin De Witt Bowersock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907
Preceded byMason S. Peters
Succeeded byCharles Frederick Scott
Personal details
Born(1842-09-19)September 19, 1842
Columbiana, Ohio, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 1922(1922-10-27) (aged 80)
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Justin De Witt Bowersock (September 19, 1842 – October 27, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Early life

Justin De Witt Bowersick was born on September 19, 1942,[1] near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and grain shipping. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1877 and engaged in banking and in the manufacture of flour, paper, and barbed wire.[2] He served as mayor of Lawrence from 1881 to 1885. Bowersock was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1887. He served as a member of the Kansas State Senate in 1895.[3]

Bowersock was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907).[2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was interested in banking and manufactures in Lawrence, Kansas, until his death there on October 27, 1922.[1] He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Funeral of J. D. Bowersock Held This Afternoon". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. 1922-10-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-08-13 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 35. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Bowersock, Justin De Witt—Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byMason S. Peters Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907 Succeeded byCharles F. Scott

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