Christopher C. Bowen
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Christopher Columbus Bowen (January 5, 1832 - June 23, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Bowen attended the public schools. He moved to Georgia in 1850. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and commenced practice in Charleston, South Carolina. During the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate States Army and served throughout the war as a captain in the Coast Guard. He resumed the practice of law in Charleston, South Carolina. He served as member of the Republican State convention at Charleston in May 1867. First chairman of the Republican State central committee. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in November 1867. Upon the readmission of South Carolina to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 20, 1868, to March 3, 1871. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress. He served as member of South Carolina House of Representatives from 1871 to 1872.
Bowen was elected sheriff of Charleston in November 1872. He died in New York City, June 23, 1880. He was interred in St. Laurence Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina.
