David P. Lowe

David Perley Lowe
David Perley Lowe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Kansas's at-large district
	In office; March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Sidney Clarke
Succeeded by	Seat eliminated
Personal details
Born	August 22, 1823; Utica, New York, US
Died	April 10, 1882 (aged 58); Fort Scott, Kansas, US
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery
Political party	Republican

David Perley Lowe (August 22, 1823 – April 10, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a representative from Kansas from 1871 to 1875.

Biography

He graduated from the

Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Mound City, Kansas

, in 1861 and continued the practice of law.

Career

He was a member of the State senate in 1863 and 1864 and served as a judge of the sixth judicial district 1867-1871. He moved to

Forty-third United States Congress

) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874.

He was appointed chief justice of Utah Territory by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1875. He returned to Kansas and settled in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, and was again elected judge of the sixth judicial district of Kansas in 1879 and served until his death in Fort Scott, Kansas, April 10, 1882.

Legacy

Perhaps best remembered for his support of

1871 Civil Rights Act (Ku Klux Klan Act):

While murder is stalking abroad in disguise, while whippings and lynchings and banishments have been visited upon unoffending American citizens, the local administrations have been found inadequate or unwilling to apply the proper corrective. Combinations, darker than the night [which] hides them, conspiracies, wicked as the worst felons could devise, have gone unwhipped of justice. Immunity is given to crime, and the records of the public tribunals are searched in vain for any evidence of effective redress.

^[1]

References

^ Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 175 (1961), quoting Cong. Globe, 42nd Cong., 1st Sess., App. 166-167.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771–Present

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Sidney Clarke	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's at-large congressional district 1871–1875	Succeeded by Seat eliminated

[1] Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 175 (1961), quoting Cong. Globe, 42nd Cong., 1st Sess., App. 166-167.

[1]

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
1st district	Phillips Anderson Morrill Broderick Curtis Anthony Lambertson Cole H. Miller Avery Dole Sebelius Roberts Moran Huelskamp Marshall Mann
2nd district	Goodin Haskell Funston H. Moore O. Miller M. Peters Bowersock Scott Mitchell Taggart E. Little Guyer C. Little Guyer Scrivner N. George Ellsworth Avery Mize Roy Keys Jeffries Slattery Brownback Ryun Boyda Jenkins Watkins LaTurner
3rd district	Brown Ryan Perkins Clover Hudson Kirkpatrick Ridgely A. Jackson Campbell Sproul McGugin Patterson Winter Meyer M. George Hargis McVey Ellsworth Winn Meyers Snowbarger D. Moore Yoder Davids
4th district	Ryan Kelley Otis Curtis J. Miller F. Jackson Doolittle Hoch Carpenter E. Rees Shriver Glickman Tiahrt Pompeo Estes
5th district	Anderson Davis Calderhead Vincent Calderhead R. Rees Helvering Strong Ayres Houston Hope Breeding Skubitz Whittaker Nichols
6th district	Hanback Turner Baker McCormick Reeder Young Connelly White Sparks McCarthy Carlson Smith Dole
7th district	S. Peters Simpson Long Simpson Long Murdock Madison Neeley Shouse Tincher Hope
8th district	Murdock Ayres Bird Ayres
At-large	Conway Wilder Clarke Lowe (1873–1875: Lowe Cobb Phillips) (1883–1885: Hanback Morrill Perkins S. Peters) Harris Blue Botkin Bailey Scott
Territory	Whitfield Parrott

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Biography

Career

After Congress

Legacy

References