{{Short description|American politician (1870–1930)}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000472. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph Rowan | image = Joseph Rowan.jpg | caption = Rowan in 1919 | state = New York | district = 19th | party = Democratic Party | term_start = March 4, 1919 | term_end = March 4, 1921 | preceded = Walter M. Chandler | succeeded = Walter M. Chandler | birth_date = {{birth date|1870|09|8}} | birth_place = New York, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|1930|08|3|1870|09|8}} | death_place = New York, New York | spouse = Cora Cook | children = | occupation = Attorney | alma_mater = }}
'''Joseph Rowan''' (September 8, 1870 – August 3, 1930) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from New York from 1919 to 1921.
==Biography== Joseph Charles Rowan was born in New York City on September 8, 1870. He attended the public schools and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1891.<ref>Columbia University, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wWPOAAAAMAAJ&dq=rowan+columbia+%22law+school%22+1891&pg=PA365 Officers and Graduates of Columbia College], 1894, page 365</ref> He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and practiced in New York City.
He was also involved in banking and other businesses, including serving as a trustee of the West Side Savings Bank.<ref>Savings Banks Association of the State of New York, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092557739#page/n409/mode/2up Century of American Savings Banks], 1917, page 357</ref> In 1905, Rowan married Cora Cook, the daughter of Dr. Stephen Cook, the chief surgeon of the New York City Police Department.<ref>Reading Eagle, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19051130&id=kowtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m5wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5438,4939530 Sisters Married at Same Time], November 30, 1905</ref>
=== Congress === A Democrat allied with Tammany Hall,<ref>The Tammany Times, [https://books.google.com/books?id=35U6AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22joseph+rowan%22+tammany&pg=PR46 News of the Districts: Twenty-Fifth District], November 21, 1903, page 12</ref> in 1918, Rowan ran successfully for a seat in the U.S. House, defeating incumbent Walter M. Chandler. He served in the 66th United States Congress, March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920, and resumed the practice of law.
=== Death and burial === He died in New York City on August 3, 1930.<ref>New York, New York Death Index, 1862-1948, entry for Joseph Rowan, retrieved August 3, 2014</ref> Rowan was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.<ref>Thomas E. Spencer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&dq=%22rowan+joseph%22+%22woodlawn+cemetery%22&pg=PA250 Where They're Buried], 1998, page 250</ref>
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==External links== {{CongBio|R000472}} *{{Find a Grave|7643519}} {{Bioguide}}
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