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Bowie Rose</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#164.17.54">G. Bowie Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#246.18.06">Ralph Waverly Wallace</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="824.93.47">Bowie, C. C.</a></b> — of San Benito, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-lived.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/TX.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="671.33.04">Bowie, Donald S.</a></b> — of Long Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 3rd District, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="986.93.81">Bowie, George</a></b> — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pensacola.html">Mayor of Pensacola, Fla.</a>, 1821-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="432.49.94">Bowie, George W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention</a> from Des Moines County, 1846. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="878.41.44">Bowie, George W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CU-lived.html">Colusa County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 13th District, 1854-55; American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="614.93.48">Bowie, Jim</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="047.25.42">Bowie, John</a></b> — of Annapolis Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MD.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="169.14.57">Bowie, John H.</a></b> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1847-48 (New York County 1847, New York County 3rd District 1848). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="305.53.94">Bowie, Kirk</a></b> — of Waldorf, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-lived.html">Charles County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MD.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="278.97.19">Bowie, Oden</a> (1826-1894)</b> — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/11-10.html">November 10, 1826</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1849; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/MD.html">1864</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1869-72. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-04.html">December 4, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 24 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms04847">a private or family graveyard</a>, Prince George's County, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/oden-bowie/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="045.49.14">Bowie, Pearl A.</a></b> — of Falmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Cumberland County, 1919-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="026.65.77">Bowie, Richard Johns</a> (1807-1881)</b> — also known as <b>Richard J. Bowie</b> — of Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/06-23.html">June 23, 1807</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1836-37; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (speaker); candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1849-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1853; state court judge in Maryland, 1861-81. Slaveowner. Died near Rockville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-12.html">March 12, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-buried.html#cms03186">Rockville Cemetery</a>, Rockville, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000694">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401656">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="190.62.14">Bowie, Robert</a></b> — of Morgantown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MN-lived.html">Monongalia County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/morgantown.html">Mayor of Morgantown, W.Va.</a>, 1945, 1951. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="873.65.95">Bowie, Robert William</a> (1750-1818)</b> — also known as <b>Robert Bowie</b> — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/index.html">1750</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1785-90, 1801-03; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1803-06, 1811-12; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1809-10. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/01-08.html">January 8, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html# ">Bowie Family Cemetery</a>, Croom, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Capt. William S. Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of <a href="#078.65.15">Walter Bowie</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/">1770</a> to Priscilla Mackall (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#095.74.96">Benjamin Mackall IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#479.76.08">Thomas Mackall</a>); father of <a href="#663.78.52">Robert William Bowie (1787-1848)</a>; grandfather of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#422.33.53">Reverdy Johnson</a>) and <a href="#824.35.35">Thomas Fielder Bowie</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; fifth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-bowie/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22542467">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="663.78.52">Bowie, Robert William</a> (1787-1848)</b> — also known as <b>Robert W. Bowie</b> — of Nottingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md. Born in Croom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/03-03.html">March 3, 1787</a>. Whig. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/01-03.html">January 3, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html# ">Bowie Family Cemetery</a>, Croom, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#873.65.95">Robert William Bowie (1750-1818)</a> and Priscilla (Mackall) Bowie; married to Catherine Lansdale; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#095.74.96">Benjamin Mackall IV</a>, <a href="#078.65.15">Walter Bowie</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#479.76.08">Thomas Mackall</a>; uncle of <a href="#824.35.35">Thomas Fielder Bowie</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; fourth great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#060.12.22">Margaret Taylor</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/31783898">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="213.46.61">Bowie, Sean</a></b> — of Chandler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="814.73.56">Bowie, Stuart S.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 7th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="079.65.28">Bowie, Sydney Johnston</a> (1865-1928)</b> — also known as <b>Sydney J. Bowie</b> — of Talladega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-lived.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala.; Anniston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Ala.; Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Born in Talladega, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-born.html">Talladega County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-26.html">July 26, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1894-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TA-parties.html">chair of Talladega County Democratic Party</a>, 1896-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 4th District, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/AL.html">1920</a> (delegation chair); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; director, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Talladega; American Trust and Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; Industrial Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/05-07.html">May 7, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-buried.html#cms00087">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Birmingham, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew W. Bowie and Nannie McHenry (Bowdon) Bowie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/04-29.html">April 29, 1891</a>, to Annie Foster Etheridge; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#318.14.55">Franklin Welsh Bowdon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000695">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401657">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="121.57.52">Bowie, Thomas C.</a> (b. 1876)</b> — of Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AS-lived.html">Ashe County</a>, N.C.; West Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/AS-lived.html">Ashe County</a>, N.C. Born in Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/07-27.html">July 27, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Ashe County, 1909-10, 1913-16, 1921-22. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John R. Bowie and Frances (Calloway) Bowie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/05-08.html">May 8, 1906</a>, to Jean Davis.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="824.35.35">Bowie, Thomas Fielder</a> (1808-1869)</b> — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/04-07.html">April 7, 1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1837-38, 1845; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1843; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 6th District, 1855-59. Slaveowner. Died in Upper Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-31.html">October 31, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 207 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms04847">a private or family graveyard</a>, Prince George's County, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Contee Bowie and Mary Mackall (Bowie) Bowie; brother of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#422.33.53">Reverdy Johnson</a>); nephew of <a href="#663.78.52">Robert William Bowie (1787-1848)</a>; grandson of <a href="#873.65.95">Robert William Bowie (1750-1818)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#095.74.96">Benjamin Mackall IV</a>, <a href="#078.65.15">Walter Bowie</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#479.76.08">Thomas Mackall</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#060.12.22">Margaret Taylor</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000696">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401658">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.65.15">Bowie, Walter</a> (1748-1810)</b> — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1748/index.html">1748</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1801-02; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> at-large, 1802-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/11-09.html">November 9, 1810</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms04847">a private or family graveyard</a>, Prince George's County, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Capt. William S. Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of <a href="#873.65.95">Robert William Bowie (1750-1818)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/">1771</a> to Mary Brookes; uncle of <a href="#663.78.52">Robert William Bowie (1787-1848)</a>; granduncle of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#422.33.53">Reverdy Johnson</a>) and <a href="#824.35.35">Thomas Fielder Bowie</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#554.72.90">James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.</a>; fourth great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#399.88.18">James Jermiah Wadsworth</a>; fifth great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#355.70.49">James Wadsworth Symington</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0137.html">Morton family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000697">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401659">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="139.60.33">Bowie, Walter Russell</a></b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1945. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="968.99.97">Bowie, William D.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MD.html">1860</a>. 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