J. E. T. Bowden

{{Short description|American politician (1857–1930)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name= J.E.T. Bowden

| office1=24th & 31st Mayor of Jacksonville

| term_start1= 1899

| term_end1= 1901

| predecessor1= Raymond D. Knight

| successor1=Duncan U. Fletcher

| term_start2= 1915

| term_end2= 1917

| predecessor2= Van C. Swearingen

| successor2=John W. Martin

| birth_date=September 14, 1857

| birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = November 19, 1930 (aged 73){{cite news |title=Former Mayor Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/826452634/?article=50c5e4c0-85a9-4932-9433-c87c49ef7ffd&focus=0.5080092,0.20724325,0.6243216,0.26880816&xid=3355 |work=The Macon Telegraph |date= November 20, 1930 |page=2 |url-access=subscription}}

| death_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

}}

James Edwin Theodore Bowden (September 14, 1857 – November 19, 1930) was an American politician. He served as the 24th and 31st preconsolidation mayor of Jacksonville, Florida from 1899-1901 and again from 1915-1917.{{cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/26905|title=Mayor J.E.T. Bowden - Jacksonville, Florida.|publisher=Florida Memory|access-date=September 24, 2016}}