Edward Oscar McCowen

Edward Oscar McCowen
Edward Oscar McCowen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 6th district
	In office; January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Jacob E. Davis
Succeeded by	James G. Polk
Personal details
Born	June 29, 1877; Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio
Died	November 4, 1953 (aged 76); Wheelersburg, Ohio
Resting place	South Webster Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Ohio Northern University; Ohio State University; University of Cincinnati;

Edward Oscar McCowen (June 29, 1877 – November 4, 1953) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

Edward O. McCowen was born in Bloom Township, Ohio. He attended the public schools of South Webster, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, in 1908, Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, in 1917, and from the Graduate School of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1939. He was successively a high-school teacher, principal, and superintendent. He was the superintendent of the Scioto County public schools from 1914 to 1942. He was precinct committeeman and delegate to the Ohio Republican State conventions in 1935 and 1946, and a trustee of Rio Grande College, in Rio Grande, Ohio.

McCowen was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He returned to Wheelersburg, Ohio, and continued his activity in politics until his death there in 1953. Interment in South Webster Cemetery in South Webster, Ohio.

Sources

United States Congress. "Edward Oscar McCowen (id: M000374)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Jacob E. Davis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th congressional district 1943-1949	Succeeded by James G. Polk

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