Frederick W. Rowe
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Frederick William Rowe (March 19, 1863 – June 20, 1946) was a
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from
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Biography

Born in
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, Rowe attended the common schools. He was graduated from De Garmo Institute in 1882 and from
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,
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, in 1887. He studied law. He was
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in New York City in 1889 and practiced in Brooklyn and New York City until 1904. In 1896 he helped create a combination with several landowners which would develop what became Crown Heights South. This company was named the Eastern Parkway Company and had a hand in shaping the character of the neighborhood. He served as president of several companies, including a street railway company. He served as director of the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Rowe was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920. He resumed his former business activities in New York City. He died in
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on June 20, 1946. He was interred in
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, Brooklyn.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Frederick William 1863 births 1946 deaths Colgate University alumni Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Wappingers Falls, New York 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives