Jacob Pitzer Cowan (March 20, 1823 – July 9, 1895) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a

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from 1875 to 1877.

Biography

Born in Florence,

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Cowan attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to

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, in 1835. He engaged in the manufacture of woolens until 1843. He studied medicine.

Physician

In 1846 moved to

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, where he commenced the practice of his profession. He was graduated from Starling Medical College,

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, March 6, 1855.

State legislature

He served as member of the State house of representatives 1855-1857. He resumed the practice of medicine in 1859.

Congress

Cowan was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Forty-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876.

Later career and death

He again engaged in the practice of medicine in

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, where he died July 9, 1895. He was interred in Ashland Cemetery.

Sources

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