Bill G. Lowrey

Bill G. Lowrey
Harris & Ewing portrait
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
Preceded by	Hubert D. Stephens
Succeeded by	Wall Doxey
Personal details
Born	Bill Green Lowrey (1862-05-25)May 25, 1862 Kossuth, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	September 2, 1947(1947-09-02) (aged 85) Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place	Blocker Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Education	Blue Mountain Academy
Alma mater	Mississippi College Tulane University

Bill Green Lowrey (May 25, 1862 – September 2, 1947) was an American higher education administrator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1921 to 1929.

Early life

Bill Lowrey was born on May 25, 1862, in

Career

Higher education

Lowrey became a professor at Blue Mountain College. In 1898 he was promoted to president of the college, a position he held until 1911 when he moved to Texas to become the president of the Amarillo Military Academy. Leaving that post in 1916, he accepted a posting as field secretary for Hillman College and Blue Mountain College until 1920, when he was appointed vice president of the Blue Mountain College, a position he held until 1921.

Congress

Lowrey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1929), but was not renominated to the Seventy-first Congress (1929).

Later career

He served as clerk of the United States Court for the Northern District of Mississippi 1929–1935.

Family

Lowrey was the son of Mark Perrin Lowrey.^[1]

Death

Lowrey died in Olive Branch, Mississippi, September 2, 1947 and was interred in Blocker Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Bill G. Lowrey (id: L000484)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.