Stanley Eyre Bowdle (September 4, 1868 – April 6, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a

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from

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for one term from 1913 to 1915.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Bowdle attended the public schools until fifteen years of age. He served an apprenticeship of three years in the machine shops of Cramp's shipyard,

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. He studied law, and was graduated from the

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in 1889. He was

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the same year and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He spent the summers in the mountains of

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and winters in various places in

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from 1897 to 1900 in an attempt to recover from

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. He married Lillian Crane Scott while still in Colorado on November 29, 1900. She had one daughter named Virginia. He returned to

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and resumed his profession. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1912.

Congress

Bowdle was elected as a

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to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.

Later career and death

In later years, he became a member of the Episcopal Church. He served as mayor of

and engaged in the practice of law in

. He died there on April 6, 1919, a few hours after being struck by a motorist after stepping from a streetcar near the

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. He was interred in

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Sources

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