# Henry Bowen

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American politician (1841–1915)

For the American businessman, philanthropist, and publisher, see [Henry Chandler Bowen](/source/Henry_Chandler_Bowen).

Henry Bowen Portrait by C. M. Bell c. 1883–1889 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Preceded by Connally Findlay Trigg Succeeded by John A. Buchanan In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 Preceded by Abram Fulkerson Succeeded by Connally Findlay Trigg Personal details Born Henry Bowen (1841-12-26)December 26, 1841 Tazewell County, Virginia, U.S. Died April 20, 1915(1915-04-20) (aged 73) Tazewell, Virginia, U.S. Resting place Jeffersonville Cemetery 37°07′18″N 81°30′35″W / 37.121563°N 81.509668°W / 37.121563; -81.509668 Party Readjuster (1883–1885) Republican (1887–1889) Alma mater Emory and Henry College Signature Military service Allegiance Confederate States Branch/service Confederate States Army Years of service 1861–1864 Rank Captain Unit 8th Virginia Cavalry Battles/wars American Civil War

**Henry Bowen** (December 26, 1841 – April 29, 1915) was a [Virginia](/source/Virginia) lawyer, soldier and [politician](/source/Politician) from [Tazewell County, Virginia](/source/Tazewell_County%2C_Virginia). After raising a unit which became the [22nd Virginia Cavalry](/source/22nd_Virginia_Cavalry), he fought for the Confederate States of America during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), after which Bowen served in the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates), as well as the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives), first as a [Readjuster](/source/Readjuster_Party), then as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)).

## Family and early life

Born at "[Maiden Spring](/source/Maiden_Spring)," near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, Bowen was the son of [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) Congressman [Rees Bowen](/source/Rees_Bowen), nephew of Senator [John Warfield Johnston](/source/John_Warfield_Johnston) (a postwar member of the [Conservative Party of Virginia](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Virginia_(1867)), and cousin of Tennessee's last [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) governor [William Bowen Campbell](/source/William_B._Campbell). After a private education suitable to his class, he attended [Emory and Henry College](/source/Emory_and_Henry_College) in [Emory, Virginia](/source/Emory%2C_Virginia).

## Confederate captain

Bowen farmed, then entered the [Confederate Army](/source/Confederate_States_Army) in 1861 as a captain in Company H of the [8th Virginia Cavalry](/source/8th_Virginia_Cavalry),[1] which fought with [Payne's](/source/William_H._F._Payne) brigade, [Lee's](/source/Fitzhugh_Lee) division, [Army of Northern Virginia](/source/Army_of_Northern_Virginia). On December 21, 1864, Sheridan's cavalry captured Capt. Bowen at Lacy Springs, Virginia. Upon being paroled on June 19, 1865, Bowen returned to his native county and resumed farming.

## Political career

Bowen was elected and re-elected as one of Tazewell County's representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1869 to 1873. In 1883, he was elected as a [Readjuster](/source/Readjuster_Party) to the [Forty-eighth Congress](/source/48th_United_States_Congress), serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Bowen failed to win renomination in 1884. He was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fiftieth Congress](/source/50th_United_States_Congress), serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the [Fifty-first Congress](/source/51st_United_States_Congress).

Bowen later in life

In 1892, he was a delegate to the [Republican National Convention](/source/Republican_National_Convention). He returned to his farm and raised livestock in Tazewell County, Virginia.

## Death and legacy

Bowen died at his home, "Maiden Spring", in Tazewell County, April 29, 1915, and was buried in Jeffersonville Cemetery, [Tazewell, Virginia](/source/Tazewell%2C_Virginia).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for Bowen, H. [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DE537184-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A](https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DE537184-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A)

- United States Congress. ["Henry Bowen (id: B000683)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000683). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Abram Fulkerson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district 1883–1885 Succeeded by Connally Findlay Trigg Preceded by Connally Findlay Trigg Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district 1887–1889 Succeeded by John A. Buchanan

v t e United States representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district Bland Giles Eggleston Giles Thompson Love Hawes Hungerford Ball Stevenson Taylor Roane Hunter Chilton Pendleton Morton Strother Letcher Harris R. Bowen Terry Pridemore Richmond Fulkerson H. Bowen Trigg H. Bowen Buchanan Marshall Walker Rhea C. Slemp C. B. Slemp Peery Shaffer Flannagan Fugate Wampler Jennings Wampler Boucher Griffith All Virginia districts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · at-large

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