William C. Bowman

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William C. Bowman
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 9th district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Personal details
Born(1882-09-14)September 14, 1882
Ouachita Parish, LA
DiedNovember 23, 1974(1974-11-23) (aged 92)
Montgomery, Alabama
Political partyDemocrat

William Chapman Bowman (September 14, 1882 - November 23, 1974) was a Democratic Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 9th senatorial district, from 1916 to 1920.

Biography[edit]

William Chapman Bowman was born on September 14, 1882, near Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.[1][2] He was the son of Francis Edwin Bowman and Pauline (Chapman) Bowman.[1] Bowman attended the public schools of Runnels County, Texas, and Belton, Texas.[1] His family moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1898, where Bowman attended the public schools there for 2 years.[1] He attended Millsaps College from 1900 to 1904, and graduated in 1904 with a B. A. degree.[1] He then attended the University of Mississippi to study law, graduating in 1905.[1] He then started practicing law in Natchez.[1] From 1916 to 1920, he represented Mississippi's 9th senatorial district as a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate.[1] He died at 1:30 AM on November 23, 1974, in Montgomery, Alabama, where he had been living for 52 years.[3][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 766–767.
  2. ^ a b "William Bowman in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ "The Montgomery Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama on November 24, 1974 · 45". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.