| LC control no. | nr 90025968 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cowan, Edgar, 1815-1885 |
| Located | Washington, D.C. |
| Birth date | 18150919 |
| Death date | 18850831 |
| Place of death | Greensburg, Pa. |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | His Speech of Hon. Edgar Cowan, 1866. NUC pre-1956 (Cowan, Edgar, 1815-1885) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Cowan, Edgar, 1815-1885) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Cowan, Edgar, Senator from Pennsylvania; b. Westmoreland County, Pa., September 19, 1815; graduated from Franklin College, Ohio, in 1839; became a raftsman, boat builder, schoolmaster, and a student of medicine; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1842; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Senate; chairman, Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (37th-39th Congresses); appointed by President Andrew Johnson as Minister to Austria in January 1867, but was not confirmed by the Senate; resumed the practice of law; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1885; interment in St. Clair Cemetery) |
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