John Kissig Cowen
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John Kissig Cowen (October 28, 1844 - April 26, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born near Millersburg, Ohio, Cowen attended the public schools and the local academies at Fredericksburg and Hayesville, Ohio. He graduated from Princeton College in 1866 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1868 and commenced practice in Mansfield, Ohio, including service as prosecuting attorney of Holmes County.
Cowen moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in February 1872 and was appointed counsel of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and, from 1876 to 1896, he served as the general counsel. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
In January of 1896, Cowen was chosen to be president of the B&O Railroad, a position he served in until June of 1901. He died in Chicago, Illinois, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in his home town of Millersburg.
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| Preceded by Isidor Rayner |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district 1895–1897 |
Succeeded by William Watson McIntire |
