Lemuel J. Bowden
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Lemuel Jackson Bowden (January 16, 1815– January 2, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia.
Bowden served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1862 to 1863 and represented Virginia in the United States Senate in 1863.
Bowden died while in office at Washington, D.C. and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery there.
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| Preceded by R. M. Garrett |
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia 1862–1863 |
Succeeded by W. R. C. Douglas |
| Preceded by Waitman T. Willey |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Virginia 1863–1864 Served alongside: John S. Carlile |
Succeeded by vacant[1] |
- ^ Note: Although Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, there was still a Unionist faction in Congress. Seat was declared vacant until John F. Lewis was elected after Virginia's readmission into the Union in 1870.
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