David Reece Bowen (born October 21, 1932) is an American former politician and educator who served five consecutive terms as a
U.S. Representative
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from
Mississippi
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from 1973 to 1983.
Biography
Born in
Houston, Mississippi
Houston is a city and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, in northeastern Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,623 at the 2010 census.
History
Native American groups had long used the future Chickasaw County for millennia ...
, Bowen was graduated from
Cleveland High School in
Cleveland, Mississippi
Cleveland is a city and one of two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, the other seat being Rosedale, Mississippi, Rosedale. The Cleveland population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States census.
Cleveland has a large c ...
, in 1950. He attended the
University of Missouri
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from 1950 to 1952 before graduating from
Harvard University
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in 1954.
Military service
After receiving a Master of Arts degree at the
University of Oxford
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in
Oxford, England
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, in 1956, Bowen enlisted in the
United States Army
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, serving as a private first class from 1957 to 1958.
Early career
He served as assistant professor of political science and history at
Mississippi College
Mississippi College (MC) is a private university affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention and located in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1826, MC is the second oldest Baptists, Baptist-affiliated college or university in ...
from 1958 to 1959 and
Millsaps College
Millsaps College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
History
The college was founded ...
from 1959 to 1964. He was employed by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity from 1966 to 1967, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1967 to 1968, and was first coordinator of federal-state programs at the State of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972.
Congress
Bowen was elected as a
Democrat
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to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress.
Later career
After retiring from Congress, Bowen served as a visiting lecturer at
Mississippi State University
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from 1985 to 1987.
References
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1932 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
United States Army soldiers
University of Missouri alumni
Harvard University alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
People from Houston, Mississippi
Military personnel from Mississippi
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives