Cowgill, Calvin
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 7, 1819, in Clinton county, Ohio. He moved to Wabash county, Ind., in 1846, and practiced his profession. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1851; was county treasurer from 1855 to 1859; was provost-marshal from 1862 to 1865; and again in the legislature during the special session in 1865. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-sixth congress as a republican. COWHERD, WILLIAM STROTHER, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1860, in Jackson county, Mo. He was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson county in 1885, and served four years in that capacity. He was appointed first assistant city counselor of Kansas City in 1890, and served for two years. He was elected mayor of Kansas City in 1892, and served one term of two years. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.