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Oliver Perry Bowser
Full Name: Oliver Perry Bowser
Date of birth: March 21, 1842
Date of death: December 14, 1915
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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H
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37
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
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29th
(1)
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Democrat
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Dallas / Dallas
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Dallas
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S
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6
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899
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24th
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25th
(2)
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Democrat
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Dallas / Dallas
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Dallas, Rockwall
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S
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6
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Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
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23rd
(4)
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Democrat
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Dallas / Dallas
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Dallas, Rockwall
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(1)
O.P. Bowser (House district 37), postoffice Dallas, nativity Ohio, lands and real estate, member of former Legislatures: 23rd, 24th, 25th Senate, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(2)
25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(3)
24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(4)
23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years.
Senate Journal. January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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35th Legislature, R.S., 1/18/1917, p. 174.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13.
Galveston Daily News.
BOWSER, OLIVER P. (1842-1915). Death date 12/15/1915.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Volume III, pp. 1429-1431. Death date 12/14/1915. Bowser "served a term in the lower house of the Legislature and in 1892 was elected state senator and served one four-year term and two two-year terms. Following that he was again elected a representative."
A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Biographical sketch, O.P. Bowser, pp. 34-35. Born 3/21/1842 in Montgomery County, Ohio.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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| Military Service Notes |
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Oliver Perry Bowser, Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant. U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019; Handley Family Tree.
Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, 18th Texas Cavalry. Oliver Perry Bowser, military grave marker, birth date 3/21/1942, death date 12/15/1915, Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas; O.P. Bowser (1843-1915), photo, Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas.
Find a Grave. O.P. Bowser
Oliver Perry Bowser
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| Other Resources |
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Obituary, "Col. Oliver P. Bowser Dies Suddenly at Home," 12/15/1915, p. 16. "Died at 6 o'clock yesterday . . . "
Dallas Morning News.
O.P. Bowser, birth date 3/21/1842 in Miamisburg, Ohio; death date 12/14/1915 in Dallas; occupation: real estate.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
O.P. Bowser, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
O.P. Bowser, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
O.P. Bowser, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
O.P. Bowser, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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23rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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