Robert Bowie (March 1750 – January 8, 1818) served as the
11th Governor of the state of
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
in the United States, from 1803 to 1806, and from 1811 to 1812.
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He was the third child born to
Captain William Bowie and Margaret Sprigg, at
Mattaponi
The Mattaponi () tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reser ...
.
He graduated from
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties ...
.
He also served in the
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...
from 1785 to 1790, and from 1801 to 1803.
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1750 births
1818 deaths
Bowie family
People from Prince George's County, Maryland
Maryland Democratic-Republicans
Governors of Maryland
Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Charlotte Hall Military Academy alumni
People of Maryland in the American Revolution
Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States
Sprigg family
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