Robert Lowry (April 2, 1824 – January 27, 1904) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Lowry immigrated to the

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and settled in

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. He was educated in private schools and had partial academic course. Librarian of Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association. He studied law. He moved to

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, in 1843. City recorder in 1844 and 1845. He was

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in 1846 and commenced practice in

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. Auditor of Elkhart County in 1852. Circuit judge in 1852. He served as president of the Democratic State convention. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore in 1860 and 1872. He served as circuit judge from 1864 until January 1875, when he resigned. He served as judge of the superior court in 1877 and 1878. Lowry was elected the first president of the Indiana State Bar Association in July 1879. Lowry was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury ( Forty-ninth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, January 27, 1904. He was interred in Lindenwood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lowry, Robert 1824 births 1904 deaths People from Killyleagh Politicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Indiana state court judges 19th-century Indiana state court judges 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives