Eaton Jackson Bowers (June 17, 1865 - October 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States
Born in Canton, Mississippi, Bowers attended the public schools, and Mississippi Military Institute at Pass Christian. Canton is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1883 at the age of seventeen and practiced in Canton until August 1884, when he moved to Bay St. Louis. He engaged in the practice of law and in newspaper work. He was editor and proprietor of the Gulf Coast Progress at Bay St. Louis. He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee 1886-1900. He retired from the newspaper business in 1890. He served as member of the State senate in 1896. He served in the State house of representatives in 1900. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900 and 1916.
Bowers was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911). The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi. Hancock County is the southernmost County of the US state of Mississippi, situated along the Gulf of Mexico and the state line with Louisiana He moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and continued the practice of law until his death there October 26, 1939. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Cedar Rest Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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