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William H. Sowden

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31: 316: 215: 229: 417: 138: 95:, he served as a corporal in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served from August 13, 1862, to May 19, 1863. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1864, and after graduation from 353: 427: 281: 122:
Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1888. He resumed the practice of law, and served as city solicitor of Allentown from 1900 to 1902. He was a delegate to the
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in 1874 and an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1876. He was a delegate to the
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This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a
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In May 1888, his daughter married James L. Pugh, Jr, the son of U.S. senator from Alabama,
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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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of Lehigh County in 1906, and died in Allentown in 1907. Interment in Union Cemetery.
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in 1865 commenced practice in Allentown. He served as solicitor of
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84:, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and 428:Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs 347: 8: 282:U.S. House of Representatives 354: 340: 288:Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 260: 80:, and later went to live with friends in 393:Politicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania 114:Sowden was elected as a Democrat to the 76:in 1846 with his father, who settled in 185: 398:English emigrants to the United States 36:History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 130:Congress in 1904. He was elected as 44:(June 6, 1840 – March 3, 1907) was a 7: 312: 310: 124:1900 Democratic National Convention 109:1884 Democratic National Convention 326:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 423:19th-century American legislators 161:"William H. Sowden (id: S000692)" 314: 227: 213: 64:William H. Sowden was born in 1: 280:Member of the  265:U.S. House of Representatives 50:U.S. House of Representatives 444: 309: 196:The Washington Sketch Book 408:Harvard Law School alumni 295: 278: 270: 263: 413:Pennsylvania Republicans 159:United States Congress. 34:From Volume 3 of 1914's 175:The Political Graveyard 171:Retrieved on 2008-02-14 72:. He emigrated to the 142: 141:Mrs James L. Pugh, Jr. 38: 140: 33: 403:People from Liskeard 383:Pennsylvania lawyers 193:Hinman, Ida (1895). 42:William Henry Sowden 18:William Henry Sowden 388:Union Army soldiers 244:"William H. Sowden" 221:Pennsylvania portal 105:Lieutenant Governor 27:American politician 143: 97:Harvard Law School 93:American Civil War 39: 335: 334: 305: 304: 296:Succeeded by 86:Allentown Academy 16:(Redirected from 435: 356: 349: 342: 318: 311: 299:Marriott Brosius 290: 274:William Mutchler 271:Preceded by 261: 257: 255: 254: 237: 232: 231: 230: 223: 218: 217: 216: 201: 200: 190: 170: 21: 443: 442: 438: 437: 436: 434: 433: 432: 363: 362: 361: 360: 307: 301: 292: 286: 284: 276: 252: 250: 242: 235:Cornwall portal 233: 228: 226: 219: 214: 212: 209: 204: 192: 191: 187: 158: 155: 62: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 441: 439: 431: 430: 425: 420: 415: 410: 405: 400: 395: 390: 385: 380: 375: 365: 364: 359: 358: 351: 344: 336: 333: 332: 319: 303: 302: 297: 294: 277: 272: 268: 267: 259: 258: 239: 238: 224: 208: 207:External links 205: 203: 202: 184: 183: 182: 178: 177: 172: 154: 151: 61: 58: 48:member of the 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 440: 429: 426: 424: 421: 419: 416: 414: 411: 409: 406: 404: 401: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 370: 368: 357: 352: 350: 345: 343: 338: 337: 331: 329: 325: 320: 317: 313: 308: 300: 291: 289: 283: 275: 269: 266: 262: 249: 245: 241: 240: 236: 225: 222: 211: 206: 198: 197: 189: 186: 180: 179: 176: 173: 168: 167: 162: 157: 156: 152: 150: 148: 147:James L. Pugh 139: 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 112: 110: 106: 102: 101:Lehigh County 98: 94: 89: 87: 83: 79: 75: 74:United States 71: 67: 59: 57: 55: 51: 47: 43: 37: 32: 19: 328:expanding it 321: 306: 279: 251:. Retrieved 248:Find a Grave 195: 188: 164: 144: 113: 90: 78:Philadelphia 63: 54:Pennsylvania 41: 40: 35: 378:1907 deaths 373:1840 births 128:Fifty-ninth 116:Forty-ninth 91:During the 367:Categories 293:1885–1889 253:2008-02-14 153:References 46:Democratic 132:solicitor 82:Allentown 60:Biography 181:Specific 120:Fiftieth 70:Cornwall 66:Liskeard 285:from 52:from 324:stub 118:and 369:: 246:. 163:. 88:. 68:, 56:. 355:e 348:t 341:v 330:. 256:. 199:. 169:. 20:)

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William Henry Sowden

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