Benjamin Sprague Cowen (September 27, 1793 – September 27, 1869) was a
U.S. Representative from
Ohio.
Life
Born in
Washington County, New York, Cowen attended the common schools, and later studied
medicine. He served in the War of 1812 as a
private. In 1820, he moved to
Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he practiced medicine and studied law. He was
admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in
St. Clairsville, Ohio
St. Clairsville is a city in and the county seat of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,096 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area.
History
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. He edited the Belmont ''Chronicle'' 1836–1840, and served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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, in 1839.
Cowen was elected as a
Whig to the
Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843). He served as a member of the
Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846, and as presiding judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in 1847.
In 1854, he was on the nominating committee of the
Republican Party
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, representing Belmont County.
He died in St. Clairsville,
Belmont County, Ohio, September 27, 1869. His obituary was published in the September 30, 1869 edition of the Belmont Chronicle.
Family
Cowen was married to Anne Wood (1794–1865) of
Washington County, New York in 1820.
He was the father of
American Civil War Union Army General
Benjamin Rush Cowen.
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1793 births
1869 deaths
People from St. Clairsville, Ohio
19th-century American newspaper editors
United States Army personnel of the War of 1812
People from Washington County, New York
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio state court judges
United States Army soldiers
Physicians from Ohio
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American judges