Benjamin S. Cowen

Benjamin Sprague Cowen was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Ohio.

Life

Born in Washington County, New York, Cowen attended the common schools, and later studied medicine. He served in the War of 1812 as a private. In 1820, he moved to Moorefield Township, [Harrison County, Ohio], where he practiced medicine and studied law. He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1829 and commenced practice in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He edited the Belmont Chronicle 1836–1840, and served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839.
Cowen was elected as a Whig to the 27th [United States Congress|Twenty-seventh Congress]. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846, and as presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1847.
In 1854, he was on the nominating committee of the Republican Party, representing Belmont County.
He died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 27, 1869. His obituary was published in the September 30, 1869 edition of the Belmont Chronicle.

Family

Cowen was married to Anne Wood of Washington County, New York in 1820.
He was the father of American Civil War Union Army General Benjamin Rush Cowen.