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American politician
Joseph Jefferson McDowell
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In office
March 4, 1843 ? March 3, 1847
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Preceded by
| William Russell
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Succeeded by
| Jonathan D. Morris
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In office
December 3, 1832 ? December 1, 1833
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Preceded by
| David Reece
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Succeeded by
| S. F. Geoman
R. D. Lilley
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In office
December 2, 1833 ? December 6, 1835
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Preceded by
| Moses Carothers
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Succeeded by
| Jacob Kirby
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Born
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1800-11-13
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November 13, 1800
Burke County, North Carolina
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Died
| January 17, 1877
(1877-01-17)
(aged 76)
Hillsboro, Ohio
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Resting place
| Hillsboro Cemetery
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Political party
| Democratic
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Joseph Jefferson McDowell
(November 13, 1800 ? January 17, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician who served as two-term a
U.S. Representative
from
Ohio
from 1843 to 1847. He was the son of
Joseph McDowell
, a prominent North Carolina politician who served in the
Revolutionary War
and was also a member of Congress.
Biography
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Born in Burke (now McDowell) County, North Carolina, McDowell moved to Kentucky with his mother in 1805 and to
Augusta County, Virginia
, in 1817.
He pursued preparatory studies.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He moved to
Highland County, Ohio
, in 1824 and continued agricultural pursuits.
He moved to Hillsboro, Highland County, in 1829 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Political and military career
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He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1832.
He served in the State senate in 1833.
He was appointed brigadier general of the State militia in 1834.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
in 1835 and commenced the practice of his profession in
Hillsboro, Ohio
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the
Twenty-seventh
Congress.
Ohio
Presidential elector
in 1832 for
Andrew Jackson
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Congress
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McDowell was elected as a
Democrat
to the
Twenty-eighth
and
Twenty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1843 ? March 3, 1847).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Twenty-eighth Congress).
Later career and death
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He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died in
Hillsboro, Ohio
, January 17, 1877.
He was interred in
Hillsboro Cemetery
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Sources
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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