John Maxell Stowell (1824–1907) was an American politician in
Wisconsin
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. He served as the 26th
Mayor of Milwaukee
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Early life
Stowell was born in
Alexander, New York
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in 1824. He attended
Alexander Classical School
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and
Marietta College
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before moving to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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in 1856.
Political career
Stowell was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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in 1862 before serving as Mayor of Milwaukee from 1882 to 1884. He was a
Democrat
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.
He died in 1907 and is interred in
Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and ...
in Milwaukee.
References
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People from Alexander, New York
Mayors of Milwaukee
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Marietta College alumni
1824 births
1907 deaths
19th-century American legislators