Benjamin S. Cowen
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Benjamin Sprague Cowen (September 27, 1793 - September 27, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Washington County, New York, Cowen attended the common schools. He studied medicine. He served in the War of 1812 as a private. In 1820 moved to Moorefield, Ohio, where he practiced medicine and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Edited the Belmont Chronicle 1836-1840. He 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 3, 1843). He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846. Presiding judge of the court of common pleas in 1847. He died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 27, 1860.
