John W. Howe (March 11, 1801November 30, 1873) was a

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and Whig member of the

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from

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Biography

Howe was born in Massachusetts'

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in 1801. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to

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, and then to Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1829 and commenced the practice of law. He also served as justice of the peace. Howe was elected as a Free Soil candidate to the Thirty-first Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He moved to

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, and later to

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, where he died in 1873. Interment in

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Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, John W. 1801 births 1873 deaths People from Maine Pennsylvania Free Soilers Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Burials at Greendale Cemetery