Calvin Cowgill (January 7, 1819 – February 10, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1879 to 1881.

Biography

Born in

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, Cowgill attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Indiana in 1836. He studied law in Winchester,

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. He moved to

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, in 1846. He was

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and commenced practice in Wabash. He served as member of the

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in 1851 and again during the special session of 1865. He served as

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of Wabash County 1855-1859, and provost marshal of the eleventh district of Indiana 1862-1865.

Congress

Cowgill was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880 to the

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Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession in

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, where he died February 10, 1903. He was interred in Falls Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowgill, Calvin 1819 births 1903 deaths People from Clinton County, Ohio Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives Indiana lawyers People from Wabash, Indiana People from Winchester, Indiana 19th-century American politicians Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana