Robert Bowie

Robert Bowie

Robert Bowie (March, 1750ndash January 8, 1818) served twice as Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States, from 1803 to 1806, and from 1811 to 1812.cite web
url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=a90e224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b18f074f0d9ff00VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
title=Governor's Information: Maryland Governor Oden Bowie
publisher=National Governors Association
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He was the third child born to Captain William Bowie and Margaret Sprigg, at Mattaponi, in Prince George's County, Maryland.cite book
last=Hall
first=Clayton Colman
title=Baltimore: Its History and Its People, vol.3
publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Co
date=1912
pages=304-306
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DMcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA304&vq=%22oden+bowie%22&dq=thomas+fielder+bowie#PPA304,M1
isbn=
]

He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1785 to 1790, and from 1801 to 1803.

Further Reading

*cite book |last=Bowie |first=Walter Worthington |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Bowies and Their Kindred; A Genealogical and Biographical History. |publisher=Polyanthos |date=1971 |location= |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eyo3AAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 |doi= |id= |isbn=9780832819636

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