Justin De Witt Bowersock

Justin De Witt Bowersock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	Mason S. Peters
Succeeded by	Charles Frederick Scott
Personal details
Born	September 19, 1842 Columbiana, Ohio
Died	October 27, 1922 (aged 80) Lawrence, Kansas
Political party	Republican

Justin De Witt Bowersock (September 19, 1842 – October 27, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and grain shipping. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1877 and engaged in banking and in the manufacture of flour, paper, and barbed wire. He served as mayor of Lawrence from 1881 to 1885. Bowersock was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1887. He served as a member of the Kansas State Senate in 1895.^[1]

Bowersock was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was interested in banking and manufactures in Lawrence, Kansas, until his death there on October 27, 1922, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Justin De Witt Bowersock (id: B000693)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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