Benjamin S. Cowen

Benjamin Sprague Cowen (September 27, 1793 – September 27, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Benjamin Sprague Cowen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
Preceded by	Isaac Parrish
Succeeded by	Jacob Brinkerhoff
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Belmont County district
In office December 2, 1844 – December 6, 1846 Serving with Peter Tallman
Preceded by	Samuel Dunn, William R. Carle
Succeeded by	J. C. Kerr, M. Hogue
Personal details
Born	September 27, 1793 Washington County, New York
Died	September 27, 1869 (aged 76) St. Clairsville, Ohio
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Anne Wood
Children	Benjamin R. Cowen

Life

Born in Washington County, New York, Cowen attended the common schools, and later studied medicine. He served in the War of 1812 as a private. In 1820, he moved to Moorefield Township, Harrison County, Ohio, where he practiced medicine and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He edited the Belmont Chronicle 1836-1840, and served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839.

Cowen was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843). He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846, and as presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1847.

In 1854, he was on the nominating committee of the Republican Party, representing Belmont County.[1]

He died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 27, 1869. His obituary was published in the September 30, 1869 edition of the Belmont Chronicle.[2]

Family

Cowen was married to Anne Wood (1794–1865) of Washington County, New York in 1820.[3]

He was the father of American Civil War Union Army General Benjamin Rush Cowen.

Notes

1. Smith, Joseph Patterson (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Lewis Publishing Company.
2. "Belmont chronicle. (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, September 30, 1869, Image 3". Belmont Chronicle. 1869-09-30. ISSN 2333-0112. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
3. Brown, John Howard, ed. (1900). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. 2. Boston: James H. Lamb Co. p. 213.

References

• United States Congress. "Benjamin S. Cowen (id: C000821)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Cowen, Benjamin S." . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.