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Birney</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins7.html#915.87.16">Perry McDowell Collins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook7.html#202.11.38">Rebecca McDowell Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#661.18.43">Esson McDowell Gale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#631.81.73">Charles Hulett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#856.28.55">Robert McDowell McCracken</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore8.html#745.20.89">Samuel McDowell Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quigley.html#538.72.04">James Cloyd Quigley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#917.64.00">James McDowell Richardson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#464.68.45">Bruce Armistead Smathers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#947.86.51">Samuel McDowell Tate</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#670.73.32">David Meade Woodson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodside-woodville.html#614.78.96">John McDowell Woodson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="918.19.16">McDowell, Abram I.</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/columbus.html">Mayor of Columbus, Ohio</a>, 1842. 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> <a name="661.28.72">McDowell, Alexander</a> (1845-1913) — of Sharon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, Pa. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/VE-born.html">Venango County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/03-04.html">March 4, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> at-large, 1893-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-30.html">September 30, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ME-buried.html#cms00728">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Sharon, Pa. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000417">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407417">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="480.72.98">McDowell, Amy</a> — Elected () <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 5th Circuit 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> McDowell, Anderson See <a href="#583.43.87">L. Anderson McDowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="325.42.93">McDowell, Andrew</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Middlesex County, 1859. 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> <a name="420.21.88">McDowell, Arthur G.</a> (d. 1966) — of Illinois. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1934; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">Director</a> of Government, Education, and Civic Affairs for the Upholsterers' Union of North America. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">one-car accident</a> on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/10-06.html">October 6, 1966</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="160.84.25">McDowell, Arthur G.</a> — of Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1944. 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> <a name="710.94.57">McDowell, Arthur V.</a> — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/middletown.html">Mayor of Middletown, Conn.</a>, 1918-19. 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> <a name="713.91.44">McDowell, Augustus G.</a> — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NC.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> <a name="250.70.02">McDowell, Bert F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ju-lived.html">Juneau</a>, Alaska. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/juneau.html">Mayor of Juneau, Alaska</a>, 1953-55. 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> <a name="249.86.31">McDowell, Bert James</a> (1880-1943) — also known as Bert J. McDowell — of Del Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-lived.html">Val Verde County</a>, Tex. Born in Pittsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CP-born.html">Camp County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/09-27.html">September 27, 1880</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/TX.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/TX.html">1932</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/delrio.html#2">Del Rio, Tex.</a>, 1922-34 (acting, 1922). Died in Del Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-died.html">Val Verde County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/03-08.html">March 8, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-buried.html# ">Masonic Cemetery</a>, Del Rio, Tex. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74768470">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="053.22.78">McDowell, Bob</a> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Oklahoma. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.48.27">McDowell, Bobbie Greene</a> — of Bessemer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/AL.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> McDowell, Brevard See <a href="#081.49.19">F. Brevard McDowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="726.07.83">McDowell, C. K.</a> (d. 1952) — of Del Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-lived.html">Val Verde County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TX.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/TX.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TX.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/TX.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/TX.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/TX.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/TX.html">1944</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1942. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/index.html">1952</a>. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-buried.html#cms07519">somewhere</a> in Near Del Rio, Val Verde County, Tex. <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">Relatives: Father of <a href="#165.78.11">Hobart K. McDowell</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#766.84.11">Hobart K. McDowell III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15935.html">McDowell family</a> of Texas.</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> <a name="959.52.08">McDowell, C. L.</a> — of Del Rio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/VV-lived.html">Val Verde County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/TX.html">1916</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> <a name="136.66.28">McDowell, Charles E.</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 14th District, 1869-70; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</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> <a name="738.28.74">McDowell, Charles Samuel, Jr.</a> — also known as Charles S. McDowell, Jr. — of Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/AL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/AL.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Alabama</a>, 1923-27. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-buried.html#cms01752">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Eufaula, Ala. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="981.98.58">McDowell, Claudine</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KS.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> McDowell, Coleman See <a href="#895.77.91">L. Coleman McDowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.47.23">McDowell, Danny</a> — of Russellville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ala. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/FR-parties.html">Chair of Franklin County Democratic Party</a>, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="526.10.96">McDowell, David B.</a> — of Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-lived.html">Cecil County</a>, Md. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933. 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> <a name="720.30.69">McDowell, Delbert L.</a> — of Hornell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hornell.html">Mayor of Hornell, N.Y.</a>, 1928-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276634792/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/972/00.15.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Donald C. McDowell"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="972.00.15">McDowell, Donald C.</a> (1890-1973) — of Soldiers Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis. Born in Mt. Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-27.html">August 27, 1890</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Crawford County, 1937-48; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WI.html">1944</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/index.html">1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CR-buried.html#cms07127">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Soldiers Grove, Wis. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73768325">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</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> <a name="169.52.11">McDowell, E. T.</a> — of Doylestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee). 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> <a name="005.87.49">McDowell, Eddie</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 8th District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="353.35.00">McDowell, Ephraim</a> — of Danville, Mercer County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-lived.html">Boyle County</a>), Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/danville.html#2">Danville, Ky.</a>, 1799-1801. 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> <a name="081.49.19">McDowell, F. Brevard</a> — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/charlotte.html">mayor of Charlotte, N.C.</a>, 1887-91. 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> <a name="235.97.75">McDowell, Floyd E., Sr.</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.75.02">McDowell, Frank</a> — of Hinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-lived.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-parties.html">Chair of Summers County Republican Party</a>, 1940-54; acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/hinton.html#3">Hinton, W.Va.</a>, 1955-57. 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> <a name="936.21.93">McDowell, Fred K.</a> — of Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/FL.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> <a name="403.91.34">McDowell, Garfield A.</a> — of Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/PA.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/PA.html">1944</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> <a name="526.46.83">McDowell, Gary</a> — of Rudyard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-parties.html">Chair of Chippewa County Democratic Party</a>, 2003; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 2012. 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> <a name="125.81.70">McDowell, Gary</a> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html">Mayor of Adrian, Mich.</a>, 2008-10. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.22.13">McDowell, George</a> — of Bluffton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WL-lived.html">Wells County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/bluffton.html#2">Bluffton, Ind.</a>, 1860. 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> <a name="745.17.50">McDowell, Gerald R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Berrien County 1st District, 1914. 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> <a name="130.82.35">McDowell, Harris B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 7th District, 1923-26. 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> <a name="912.65.71">McDowell, Harris B. III</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 1st District, 1977-92. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="135.98.93">McDowell, Harris Brown, Jr.</a> (1906-1988) — also known as Harris B. McDowell, Jr. — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/02-10.html">February 10, 1906</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 14th District, 1941-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 7th District, 1943-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DE.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Delaware Democratic state chair</a>, 1949; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1949-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1955-57, 1959-67; defeated, 1956. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/index.html">1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 0 days</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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000418">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407418">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="289.63.13">McDowell, Henry Clay</a> (1861-1933) — Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/08-24.html">August 24, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia</a>, 1901-31; took senior status 1931. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-08.html">October 8, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 45 days</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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1545&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mcdowell-henry-clay">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></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> <a name="165.78.11">McDowell, Hobart K.</a> — of San Angelo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TG-lived.html">Tom Green County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/TX.html">1944</a>. Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TG-buried.html#cms07520">somewhere</a> in Near San Angelo, Tom Green County, Tex. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#726.07.83">C. K. McDowell</a>; grandfather of <a href="#766.84.11">Hobart K. McDowell III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15935.html">McDowell family</a> of Texas.</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> <a name="766.84.11">McDowell, Hobart K. III</a> — also known as Kelly McDowell — of El Segundo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/elsegundo.html">Mayor of El Segundo, Calif.</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. <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">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="#165.78.11">Hobart K. McDowell</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#726.07.83">C. K. McDowell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15935.html">McDowell family</a> of Texas.</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> <a name="617.92.38">McDowell, Howard W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AE-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Allegany County, 1900. 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> <a name="063.52.47">McDowell, Hugh</a> — of Langdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/CV-lived.html">Cavalier County</a>, N.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/ND.html">1932</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> <a name="535.33.71">McDowell, Jack J.</a> — of Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-lived.html">McKean County</a>, Pa. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-parties.html">Chair of McKean County Republican Party</a>, 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.html">1956</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> <a name="709.27.32">McDowell, James</a> (1795-1851) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-lived.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/10-13.html">October 13, 1795</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1831-35, 1838; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1843-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 11th District, 1846-51. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-died.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/08-24.html">August 24, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/lx-buried.html#cms03640">Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Va. <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">Relatives: Son of Sarah (Preston) McDowell and James McDowell (1770-1835); brother of Elizabeth McDowell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benton.html#298.11.03">Thomas Hart Benton</a>); married to Susan Preston; father of Sally McDowell (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas3.html#018.31.38">Francis Thomas</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a> and Nicketti Buchanan Floyd (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#939.95.38">John Warfield Johnston</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#916.93.84">William Preston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preston.html#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#342.76.81">William Henry Prague</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MD.html">McDowell County, W.Va.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000419">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407419">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-mcdowell/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James McDowell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7704672">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="654.55.40">McDowell, James</a> — of Fincastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BO-lived.html">Botetourt County</a>, Va. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>). Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Belfast</a>, 1848-49. 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> <a name="493.31.39">McDowell, James</a> — of Ohio; Missouri. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Dundee</a>, 1850-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Leith</a>, 1853-58; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Constantinople</a>, 1858-59. 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> <a name="214.45.00">McDowell, James A.</a> — of Plum Creek (now Lexington), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DA-lived.html">Dawson County</a>, Neb. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lexington.html#3">Plum Creek, Neb.</a>, 1872-73. 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> <a name="165.31.97">McDowell, James C.</a> (1890-1972) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Born in Leemon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-born.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-20.html">March 20, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-officials.html">Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 23rd District, 1933-40; circuit judge in Missouri 28th Circuit, 1941-48; Judge, Missouri Springfield Court of Appeals, 1948-57; appointed 1948. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-died.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/05-27.html">May 27, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-buried.html#cms07896">Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Cape Girardeau, Mo. <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">Relatives: Son of James McDowell and Nancy (Ervin) McDowell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Carolyn E. Snider.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64371085">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="989.11.35">McDowell, James D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Franklin County, 1881-82. 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> <a name="573.31.78">McDowell, James Foster</a> (1825-1887) — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GR-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-born.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/12-03.html">December 3, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 11th District, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/IN.html">1876</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/04-18.html">April 18, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GR-buried.html#cms01349">Estates of Serenity</a>, Marion, Ind. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000420">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407420">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="800.88.45">McDowell, James L.</a> — of Leavenworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/LV-lived.html">Leavenworth County</a>, Kan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kansas</a>, 1866; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/leavenworth.html#2">Leavenworth, Kan.</a>, 1866-69. 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> <a name="450.00.21">McDowell, Jo Ann</a> — of Cherryvale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Kan. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-parties.html">Chair of Montgomery County Democratic Party</a>, 2011. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="421.99.70">McDowell, John</a> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SC-lived.html">Scioto County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/portsmouth.html">Mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio</a>, 1842-44. 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> <a name="902.15.12">McDowell, John</a> — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-lived.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT205"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/054/53.30.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="John A. McDowell"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="054.53.30">McDowell, John Anderson</a> (1853-1927) — also known as John A. McDowell — of Millersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HO-lived.html">Holmes County</a>, Ohio; Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AH-lived.html">Ashland County</a>, Ohio. Born in Killibuck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HO-born.html">Holmes County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-25.html">September 25, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 17th District, 1897-1901. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart problem</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/bladder-cancer.html">bladder cancer</a>, in the Cleveland Clinic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/10-02.html">October 2, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 7 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HO-buried.html#cms03321">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Millersburg, Ohio. <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">Relatives: Son of John Coleville McDowell and Sarah Jane (Anderson) McDowell; married to Esther Hole.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000421">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407421">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John A. McDowell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6851842">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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> <a name="726.34.14">McDowell, John G.</a> — of Chemung, Tioga County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-lived.html">Chemung County</a>), N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tioga County, 1830-31; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 6th District, 1832-35. 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> <a name="536.22.97">McDowell, John N.</a> — of Delaware. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1953-58. 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> <a name="218.11.42">McDowell, John R.</a> — of Sioux Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/SD.html">1948</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> <a name="239.38.71">McDowell, John Ralph</a> (1902-1957) — also known as John McDowell — of Wilkinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in Pitcairn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-06.html">November 6, 1902</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/PA.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1939-41, 1947-49 (31st District 1939-41, 29th District 1947-49); defeated, 1940 (31st District), 1948 (29th District). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/12-11.html">December 11, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 35 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html#cms04085">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Wilkinsburg, Pa. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000422">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407422">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="074.76.24">McDowell, John W.</a> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/newport.html#2">Newport, Ark.</a>, 1874-75. 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> <a name="970.90.86">McDowell, Joseph, Jr.</a> (1756-1801) — also known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/02-15.html">February 15, 1756</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1785-88, 1791-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1789; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 1st District, 1797-99. Slaveowner. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, in Morganton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-died.html">Burke County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/02-05.html">February 5, 1801</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BR-buried.html#cms08279">Quaker Meadows Cemetery</a>, Near Morganton, Burke County, N.C. <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">Relatives: Son of Joseph McDowell (1715-1771) and Margaret (O'Neill) McDowell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/">1783</a> to Margaret Moffett; father of <a href="#000.03.08">Joseph Jefferson McDowell</a>; cousin *** of <a href="#025.64.52">Joseph McDowell (1758-1799)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10860.html">McDowell family</a> of McDowell County, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000423">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407424">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph McDowell, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36472376">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="025.64.52">McDowell, Joseph</a> (1758-1799) — also known as P. G. McDowell; "Pleasant Gardens" — of North Carolina. Born near Marion, Burke County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MW-born.html">McDowell County</a>), N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/02-25.html">February 25, 1758</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1785; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> at-large, 1793-95. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/03-07.html">March 7, 1799</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 10 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MW-buried.html#cms04928">a private or family graveyard</a>, McDowell County, N.C. <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">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="#970.90.86">Joseph McDowell Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10860.html">McDowell family</a> of McDowell County, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MW.html">McDowell County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000424">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407423">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell">Wikipedia article</a></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> <a name="817.21.10">McDowell, Joseph F.</a> — of Coshocton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-lived.html">Coshocton County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OH.html">1916</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> <a name="715.80.04">McDowell, Joseph H.</a> (b. 1907) — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RP-born.html">Republic County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/10-15.html">October 15, 1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a>, 1948-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/kansascity.html">mayor of Kansas City, Kan.</a>, 1964-71; appointed 1964. 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> <a name="000.03.08">McDowell, Joseph Jefferson</a> (1800-1877) — of Ohio. Born in Burke County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MW-born.html">McDowell County</a>), N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/11-13.html">November 13, 1800</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1832; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 7th District, 1843-47. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/01-17.html">January 17, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HI-buried.html#cms01686">Hillsboro Cemetery</a>, Hillsboro, Ohio. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#970.90.86">Joseph McDowell Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10860.html">McDowell family</a> of McDowell County, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000425">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407425">Govtrack.us page</a></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> McDowell, Kelly See <a href="#766.84.11">Hobart K. McDowell III</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="128.06.81">McDowell, L.</a> — of Kokomo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HO-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IN.html">1896</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> <a name="583.43.87">McDowell, L. Anderson</a> — Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 12th District, 1940. 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> <a name="895.77.91">McDowell, L. Coleman</a> — of Virginia. Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. 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> <a name="508.47.24">McDowell, L. S.</a> — of Big Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TX.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/TX.html">1916</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> <a name="317.54.59">McDowell, Lawrence S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wn-lived.html">Waynesboro</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/VA.html">1980</a>. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.29.32">McDowell, M. B.</a> — of Chadron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DW-lived.html">Dawes County</a>, Neb. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DW-parties.html">Chair of Dawes County Democratic Party</a>, 1940. 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> <a name="146.68.88">McDowell, Nicholas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cmagr.html">Kentucky commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1892-95. 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> McDowell, P. G. See <a href="#025.64.52">Joseph McDowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="868.05.37">McDowell, Richard</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Middlesex County, 1847-48. 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> <a name="419.78.79">McDowell, Robert</a> — of Slatington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LE-lived.html">Lehigh County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/slatington.html#3">Slatington, Pa.</a>, 1853-61. 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> <a name="572.51.25">McDowell, Robert</a> — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/OH.html">1896</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> <a name="726.90.17">McDowell, Robert</a> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-lived.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/mansfield.html">mayor of Mansfield, Tex.</a>, 2008. 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> <a name="233.03.47">McDowell, Robert G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-lived.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Iredell County, 1848-49. 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> <a name="260.15.48">McDowell, Robert M.</a> — of Virginia. Republican. Member, Federal Communications Commission, 2006-. 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> <a name="339.90.84">McDowell, Ronald</a> — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 27th District, 1970; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. 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> <a name="158.97.41">McDowell, Rosemarie</a> — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WI.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WI.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="312.01.03">McDowell, S. J.</a> — of Leechburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-lived.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/leechburg.html#2">Burgess of Leechburg, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923. 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> <a name="018.58.90">McDowell, Samuel D.</a> (1797-1870) — of Pittsfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CE-born.html">Chemung County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/12-30.html">December 30, 1797</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pittsfield-twp.html#2">Supervisor of Pitt Township, Michigan</a>, 1835-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pittsfield-twp.html">supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan</a>, 1841-42. Died in Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/06-02.html">June 2, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 154 days</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> <a name="655.45.82">McDowell, Ted</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1940. 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> <a name="094.79.55">McDowell, Thomas</a> — of New Jersey. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SF-consuls.html ">Cape Town</a>, 1862. 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> <a name="695.70.96">McDowell, Thomas C.</a> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born in Kentucky. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Kentucky District, 1891. 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> <a name="290.50.84">McDowell, Thomas David Smith</a> (1823-1898) — of North Carolina. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BL-born.html">Bladen County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/01-04.html">January 4, 1823</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1846-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1854-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to North Carolina secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BL-died.html">Bladen County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-01.html">May 1, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 117 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="834.84.28">McDowell, Thomas R.</a> (b. 1855) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/10-22.html">October 22, 1855</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Ordained minister</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Chester County, 1909. 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> <a name="894.32.74">McDowell, Tuthill R.</a> — of Ellenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ellenville.html#2">Ellenville, N.Y.</a>, 1943-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NY.html">1952</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> McDowell, W. W. See <a href="#204.56.81">William Wallace McDowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="401.19.18">McDowell, Walter F.</a> — of Washington. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Washington; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 3rd District, 1914. 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> <a name="310.13.45">McDowell, Wesley</a> — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/LM-lived.html">LaMoure County</a>, N.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/ND.html">1928</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> <a name="978.58.48">McDowell, Wesley S.</a> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/chester.html">mayor of Chester, Pa.</a>, 1915-19. 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> <a name="204.56.81">McDowell, William Wallace</a> (1867-1934) — also known as W. W. McDowell — of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MT.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MT.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MT.html">Montana Democratic state chair</a>, 1929, 1931; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-diplomats.html ">Ireland</a>, 1934, died in office 1934. Died in Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-died.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-09.html">April 9, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). 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