Walter Bowie

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American politician (1748–1810)

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Field	Value
state	Maryland
district
term_start	March 24, 1802
term_end	March 3, 1805
predecessor	Richard Sprigg Jr.
successor	Leonard Covington
office1	Member of the Maryland Senate
term_start1	1800
term_end1	1802
office2	Member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
term_start2	1780
term_end2	1800
birth_date	October 15, 1748
birth_place	Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, British America
death_date	November 9, 1810
death_place	Collington, Maryland, U.S.
party	Democratic-Republican
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Walter Bowie (October 15, 1748 – November 9, 1810) was an American slave owner and politician.

Biography

Born in Mattaponi, near Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland, Bowie attended Reverend John Eversfield's School near Nottingham, the common schools in Annapolis, and Craddock’s School near Baltimore. His father, Captain William Bowie bought him a large farm near Collington, Maryland, known originally as "Darnell's Grove" and later as "Locust Grove" and "Willow Grove". He engaged in agricultural pursuits, was a large landowner, and also was interested in shipping. He served as one of four members of the Maryland constitutional convention from Prince George's County in November 1776.{{cite book | last =Hall | first =Clayton Colman | title =Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3 | publisher =Lewis Historical Publishing Co | year =1912 | pages =304–306 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=DMcLAAAAYAAJ | last =Spencer | first =Richard Henry | title =Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland | publisher =American Historical Society | year =1919 | location =New York | pages =388 | url =https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00socigoog | quote =general thomas f bowie. | isbn =0-8328-5943-5}}

During the American Revolutionary War, Bowie served as captain and later major of a Prince George's County company. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1780 to 1800 and served in the Maryland State Senate from 1800 to 1802. He was elected as a Republican to the 7th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard Sprigg, Jr., was reelected to the 8th United States Congress, and served from March 24, 1802 to March 3, 1805. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1804 to the 9th United States Congress, and died near Collington in Prince George's County. He is interred in the family burying ground on his estate.

References

"More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.". Washington Post.

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