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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. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Frühe Jahre und politischer Aufstieg. 2 Sklavenhaltung. 3 Gouverneur von Maryland. 4 Weiterer Lebenslauf. 5 Literatur. 6 Weblinks. 7 Einzelnachweise.
Oden Bowie (November 10, 1826 – December 4, 1894), [1] 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. Childhood. He was born in 1826 at Fairview Plantation in Collington, Maryland, the oldest son of Colonel William Duckett Bowie and Eliza Mary Oden.
Bowie's son, Governor of Maryland Oden Bowie, was born at Fairview in 1826 and was buried on the grounds in 1894. Fairview in 1936. Fairview was one of the larger slave-holding plantations in the county, tended by over 100 enslaved at its production height; 47 during Oden Bowie's ownership.
Oden Bowie was a Democratic governor of Maryland from 1869 to 1872. He served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention, and promoted railroad and road improvements in the state.
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 ...
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Over 300 years of History. ODEN BOWIE. Oden Bowie was born in 1826 at Fairview, the Prince George's County plantation of his father, William Duckett Bowie. After a heroic record in the Mexican War, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, and then served as state senator.
12. Okt. 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Oden Bowie, 34th governor of Maryland, who built the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, Pimlico Race Track, and Fairview plantation. His descendants share stories of his political, business, and horse racing passions.
