Английская Википедия:Countelow M. Bowles

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Шаблон:Short description Countelow M. Bowles (born c. 1840) was a cooper, soldier, and state legislator.[1] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate.[2] He was a Republican and African American.[3][4][5]

Born in about 1840 in Virginia he lived in Cleveland for a few years leading up to the American Civil War.[6]

Bowles joined the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment just before the end of the American Civil War in March 1865.[7] He was soon promoted to Corporal before being discharged the following year.[1]

He was elected onto the board of the Bolivar County police in 1869.[6]

Bowles was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 1870-1871 session, and then served in the Mississippi Senate from 1872 until 1874 and again 1877-1878.[6] He had been removed from his position in 1874 as he had not been in Mississippi for over four months.[8]

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