Bill G. Lowrey
Bill G. Lowrey | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 | |
Preceded by | Hubert D. Stephens |
Succeeded by | Wall Doxey |
Personal details | |
Born | Bill Green Lowrey May 25, 1862 Kossuth, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | September 2, 1947 Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Blocker Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Blue Mountain Academy |
Alma mater |
Bill Green Lowrey (May 25, 1862 – September 2, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Early life[]
Bill Lowrey was born on May 25, 1862 in Kossuth, Mississippi. He attended public school and the Blue Mountain Academy in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, graduating from Mississippi College at Clinton in 1887. During 1888-9 he was a student at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Career[]
Lowrey became a professor at Blue Mountain College. In 1898 he was promoted to president of the college, a position he held until 1911 when he moved to Texas to become the president of the . Leaving that post in 1916, he accepted a posting as field secretary for Hillman College and Blue Mountain College until 1920, when he was appointed vice president of the Blue Mountain College, a position he held until 1921.
Lowrey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1929), but was not renominated to the Seventy-first Congress (1929). He served as clerk of the United States Court for the Northern District of Mississippi 1929-1935.
Death[]
Lowrey died in Olive Branch, Mississippi, September 2, 1947 and was interred in Blocker Cemetery.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Bill G. Lowrey (id: L000484)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1862 births
- 1947 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
- Mississippi Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- Tulane University alumni
- Mississippi College alumni
- People from Alcorn County, Mississippi