Obituary of Senator Thomas M. Bowen, Pulaski Co, Ar

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New York Times, Jan. 1, 1907 - Thomas Meade Bowen - Ex-Senator Dead - Pueblo,
Colo. - Dec. 31 - Former U. S. Senator from Colorado, died yesterday aged 71
years. Thomas M. Bowen was born near what is now Burlington, Iowa., on Oct. 26,
1835. After receiving an academic education at Mt. Pleasant, he studied law and
at the age of 18 was admitted to the bar and went to Kansas. He organized the
13th Kansas Infantry Regt., of which he was commissioned Colonel. Later he was
brevetted Brigadier General. He retired with this rank. When the regiment
disbanded, he found himself in Little Rock, Ark., and decided to remain in that
State. When Arkansas was reconstructed in 1867, he was President of the
Constitutional Convention. He was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas
in 1868. He served on the bench four years and then resigned to accept the
Governorship of Idaho Territory. He went to Colorado in 1875 and engaged in the
practice of law at Denver. When Colorado was admitted to the Union, Bowen was
elected Judge of th Fourth Judicial District. He was elected to the U. S. Senate
in 1883, serving one term. He made a large fortune in business. Buried Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.

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