Obadiah Bowne
Obadiah Bowne was an American politician and a United States representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Staten [Island, New York], Bowne attended private schools, and was a student at Princeton College from 1838 to 1840.Bowne's collateral ancestor was John Bowne, pioneer of North American religious liberty.
Career
Bowne held several local offices.Elected as a Whig to the 32nd [United States Congress|Thirty-second Congress] Bowne served as a United States representative for the second district of New York from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852 and was quarantine commissioner from 1857 to 1859. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in U.S. [presidential election, 1864|1864].