James_R._Howe

James R. Howe

James R. Howe

American politician


James Robinson Howe (January 27, 1839 – September 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

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Born in New York City on January 27, 1839, Howe attended the common schools.[1] He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He moved to Brooklyn in 1870 and engaged in the dry-goods business.

Howe was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898. Register of Kings County 1900–1902. He served as director of several banks. He died in North Salem, New York, on September 21, 1914. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.[2]


References

  1. Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. V. Boston: American Biographical Society. Retrieved April 26, 2022 via Internet Archive.
  2. "Simple Funeral for J. R. Howe". The Brooklyn Times. September 25, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved April 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com.

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