Joseph Rowan

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| name=Joseph Rowan

| image name=Joseph Rowan.jpg

| state=New York

| district=19th

| party=Democratic Party

| term_start=March 4, 1919

| term_end=March 4, 1921

| preceded=Walter M. Chandler

| succeeded=Walter M. Chandler

| birth_date={{birth date|1870|09|8}}

| birth_place=New York, New York

| death_date={{death date and age|1930|08|3|1870|09|8}}

| death_place=New York, New York

| spouse=Cora Cook

| children=

| religion=

| occupation=Attorney

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Joseph Rowan (September 8, 1870 – August 3, 1930) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1919 to 1921.

Biography

Joseph Charles Rowan was born in New York City on September 8, 1870. He attended the public schools and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1891.Columbia University, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wWPOAAAAMAAJ&dq=rowan+columbia+%22law+school%22+1891&pg=PA365 Officers and Graduates of Columbia College], 1894, page 365 He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and practiced in New York City.

He was also involved in banking and other businesses, including serving as a trustee of the West Side Savings Bank.Savings Banks Association of the State of New York, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092557739#page/n409/mode/2up Century of American Savings Banks], 1917, page 357 In 1905, Rowan married Cora Cook, the daughter of Dr. Stephen Cook, the chief surgeon of the New York City Police Department.Reading Eagle, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19051130&id=kowtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m5wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5438,4939530 Sisters Married at Same Time], November 30, 1905

= Congress =

A Democrat allied with Tammany Hall,The Tammany Times, [https://books.google.com/books?id=35U6AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22joseph+rowan%22+tammany&pg=PR46 News of the Districts: Twenty-Fifth District], November 21, 1903, page 12 in 1918, Rowan ran successfully for a seat in the U.S. House, defeating incumbent Walter M. Chandler. He served in the 66th United States Congress, March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920, and resumed the practice of law.

= Death and burial =

He died in New York City on August 3, 1930.New York, New York Death Index, 1862-1948, entry for Joseph Rowan, retrieved August 3, 2014 Rowan was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.Thomas E. Spencer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&dq=%22rowan+joseph%22+%22woodlawn+cemetery%22&pg=PA250 Where They're Buried], 1998, page 250