Edward Oscar McCowen (June 29, 1877 – November 4, 1953) was a three-term Republican member of the

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from

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from 1943 to 1949.

Biography

Edward O. McCowen was born in Bloom Township, Ohio. He attended the public schools of South Webster, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, in 1908,

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, in 1917, and from the Graduate School of the

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, in 1939. He was successively a high-school teacher, principal, and superintendent. He was the superintendent of the

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public schools from 1914 to 1942. He was

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, in Rio Grande, Ohio.

Congress

McCowen was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress, Seventy-eighth, 79th United States Congress, Seventy-ninth, and 80th United States Congress, Eightieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in United States House election, 1948, 1948 to the

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Death

He returned to

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, and continued his activity in politics until his death there in 1953. Interment in South Webster Cemetery in South Webster, Ohio.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCowen, Edward Oscar 1877 births 1953 deaths Ohio Northern University alumni Ohio State University alumni University of Cincinnati alumni People from Scioto County, Ohio People from Wheelersburg, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio