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John Bowman

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John Bowman (August 29, 1782 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York – September 14, 1853 in Clarkson, Monroe County, New York) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from New York. Life He was the son of John Bowman and Ann Drake (1760–1831). On February 9, 1812, he married Lovice McCarty (1792–1870) at Colchester, Connecticut, and they had five children. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. He was a member from Monroe County of the New York State Assembly in 1823. From 1824 to 1826, he was Bucktails member of the New York State Senate where he introduced on April 12, 1824, the motion to remove Ex-Governor DeWitt Clinton from the Erie Canal Commission. Clinton had been the driving force behind the Erie Canal construction, but was hated by the Bucktails. The maneuver backfired, since the indignation caused by this ungrateful political move led to Clinton's re-election as Governor of New York in November of the same year.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named John Bowman: American television writer and producer · American lawyer and politician · Canadian football player · American colonial militia officer and sheriff

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John Bowman (August 29, 1782 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York – September 14, 1853 in Clarkson, Monroe County, New York) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from New York. Life He was the son of John Bowman and Ann Drake (1760–1831). On February 9, 1812, he married Lovice McCarty (1792–1870) at Colchester, Connecticut, and they had five children. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. He was a member from Monroe County of the New York State Assembly in 1823. From 1824 to 1826, he was Bucktails member of the New York State Senate where he introduced on April 12, 1824, the motion to remove Ex-Governor DeWitt Clinton from the Erie Canal Commission. Clinton had been the driving force behind the Erie Canal construction, but was hated by the Bucktails. The maneuver backfired, since the indignation caused by this ungrateful political move led to Clinton's re-election as Governor of New York in November of the same year.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).