Drew Bowers was the Republican nominee for governor of Arkansas in 1926 and 1928.
21 Facts About Drew Bowers
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Drew Bowers was the eighth of 15 children of Milton Drew "Mitt" Bowers Sr.
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The senior Bowers served in the 1899 session of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
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Drew Bowers's mother, the former Lucinda Angelina Pratt, a native of Ironton, in Iron County in southeastern Missouri, was a daughter of Jesse Richardson Pratt and his second wife, the former Elizabeth Gibson.
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Drew Bowers then enrolled at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, from which he procured a teacher's certificate in 1906.
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Drew Bowers ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the Arkansas House in both 1908 and 1916 and for the United States House of Representatives in 1924.
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Drew Bowers polled 23.6 percent of the general election vote in 1926; 22.7 percent in 1928.
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In 1925, during the Calvin Coolidge administration, Drew Bowers was appointed Assistant United States Attorney.
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Drew Bowers retired from the federal position in 1962 at the age of seventy-six and returned to the private practice of law.
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In 1977, at the age of ninety, Drew Bowers retired from his law practice.
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Drew Bowers died in 1985 in Little Rock at the age of ninety-nine.
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Osro Cobb, the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party from 1932 to 1955 and a legal associate of Drew Bowers, recalled his friend, accordingly:.
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Drew Bowers was the finest trial lawyer I ever met.
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When Mr Bowers arrived in court, Circuit Judge W J Waggoner was selecting a jury for the case preceding ours.
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Mr Drew Bowers took the bench and proceeded with the case.
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Mr Drew Bowers demolished the opposition and obtained a judgment for the full amount of our counter claim.
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Mr Drew Bowers much preferred criminal cases, but he always did a good job on civil cases, too.
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When Cobb was named US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, he asked the Eisenhower administration to waive age requirements so that Drew Bowers, who had good physical health, could remain as the assistant US attorney.
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Mr Drew Bowers was left-handed and he had the habit of pacing in front of the jury box during argument and flinging his arms to emphasize his remarks.
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Mr Drew Bowers reached a point directly in front of a juror seated at one end of the front row of the jury and suddenly thrust his left hand forward to make a point.
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Drew Bowers's papers are deposited at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.