Edward Oscar McCowen
Edward Oscar McCowen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Jacob E. Davis |
| Succeeded by | James G. Polk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 29, 1877 Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 1953 (aged 76) Wheelersburg, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | South Webster Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
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Edward Oscar McCowen (June 29, 1877 – November 4, 1953) was a three-term
U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
from 1943 to 1949.
Biography
Edward O. McCowen was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1939. He was successively a high-school teacher, principal, and superintendent. He was the superintendent of the Scioto County
public schools from 1914 to 1942. He was [
precinct committeeman and delegate to the Ohio Republican State conventions in 1935 and 1946 and a trustee of Rio Grande College, in Rio Grande, Ohio.
Congress
McCowen was elected as a Republican to the
1948 to the Eighty-first Congress
.
Death
He returned to Wheelersburg, Ohio, and continued his activity in politics until his death there in 1953. Interment in South Webster Cemetery in South Webster, Ohio.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Edward Oscar McCowen (id: M000374)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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