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Oden Bowie (* 10. November 1826 im Prince George’s County , Maryland ; † 4. Dezember 1894 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1869 bis 1872 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Maryland.
Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826 – December 4, 1894), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872.
12. Okt. 2015 · The life of Governor Oden Bowie—as politician, businessman, farmer, and sportsman—is recounted by his descendants. High on a hill, overlooking the upscale Bowie community of Fairwood, stands a grand and gracious property.
The only Mexican War veteran to have been elected governor, he descended from a long line of ancestors who had distinguished themselves in public service, and had long been prominent in Prince George’s County. His father had served as a member of the County Levy Court, a two-term member of the House of Delegates, and a colonel of militia.
ODEN BOWIE was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland on November 10, 1826. His education was attained at St. John’s College in Annapolis, and at St. Mary’s College in Baltimore, where he graduated in 1845. During the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private and rose through the ranks, becoming captain of the Votigeur Regiment […]
Perhaps the most public member of the Bowie family was Oden Bowie (1826-1894), who became prominent in the Democratic Party and served as Maryland's governor between 1869 and 1872. Bowie received commendations for gallantry during the Mexican-American War. Following the war, he entered politics. In 1847, Bowie campaigned for the Maryland ...
ODEN BOWIE WAS BORN Nov. 10, 1826 at his family’s Prince George ’s County plantation, Fairview, in present-day Bowie, Maryland. Built in the 1780s, at the time, Fairview was home Oden’s parents, Col. William Duckett Bowie (1803 - 1873) and his wife Mary Eliza Oden (d.1849).
