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Sydney Johnston Bowie (July 26, 1865 – May 7, 1928) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from Alabama, nephew of
Franklin Welsh Bowdon Franklin Welsh Bowdon (February 17, 1817 – June 8, 1857) was an American slave owner, politician and an Alabama congressman. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1846 to 1851. Biography Born in Chester District, South C ...
. Born in Talladega, Alabama, Bowie attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885. He was admitted to the bar June 1, 1885, and commenced practice in Talladega, Alabama. City clerk of Talladega in 1885 and 1886. He served as member of the board of aldermen in 1891. He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee in 1894–1899. He moved to Anniston, Alabama, in 1899. Bowie was elected as a
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to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1906 and moved to Birmingham and continued the practice of law until 1919, when he engaged in business there as an automobile dealer. Bowie served as member of the Southern Education Board in 1908 and 1909. He served as member of the Birmingham Board of Education in 1915–1919, chairman of the State educational commission in 1920, delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in 1920, president of the Alabama Tuberculosis Commission in 1920–1922, a member of the State harbor commission in 1922 and 1923. He died in Birmingham, Alabama, May 7, 1928. His interment occurred in Birmingham's Elmwood Cemetery.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowie, Sydney Johnston 1865 births 1928 deaths People from Talladega, Alabama American people of Scottish descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama School board members in Alabama Politicians from Anniston, Alabama Politicians from Birmingham, Alabama Alabama lawyers University of Alabama School of Law alumni Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) 19th-century American lawyers