Selwyn Zadock Bowman (May 11, 1840 – September 30, 1928) was an American attorney and politician who served in several public offices, including that of the

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from

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. Bowman was born in

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, to Zadock and Rosetta (Crane) Bowman. He attended the Charlestown public schools and Charlestown High School. He moved to

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, with his parents in 1856. He graduated from

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in 1860 and from its law school in 1863. He was admitted to the bar in 1863, commenced practice in

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, and continued his residence in Somerville. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1870, 1871, and again in 1875. He served as city solicitor of

, in 1872 and 1873. He served in the state senate in 1876 and 1877. Bowman was elected as a Republican to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He returned to Somerville and resumed the practice of law in Boston. He again served as city solicitor for Somerville from 1888 to 1897. He moved to Cohasset in 1914 and continued the practice of law in Boston. Bowman died in

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, on September 30, 1928. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in

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* Headley, Phineas Camp: ''Public men of to-day: being biographies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, each member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Governors of the Several States''., pages 293-294, (1882).

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