- John Rowan (politician)
John Rowan (
July 12 ,1773 –July 13 ,1843 ) was an American lawyer and Democratic-Republican politician fromLouisville, Kentucky .Born near
York, Pennsylvania , Rowan moved to Kentucky around 1783. He received a thorough classical training, and studied law inLexington, Kentucky . He was admitted to the bar in 1795 and commenced practice in Louisville.Rowan was a member of the second State constitutional convention held at
Frankfort, Kentucky in 1799. He was Kentucky's Secretary of State from 1804 to 1806. He was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives for Kentucky's 3rd district, serving fromMarch 4 1807 toMarch 3 1809 . He was also a member of theKentucky House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817 and in 1822 and 1824. He served as a judge of theKentucky Court of Appeals from 1819 to 1821. He supported the New Court faction in theOld Court-New Court controversy .Rowan was elected to the
United States Senate and served fromMarch 4 1825 toMarch 3 1831 . There he was chairman of theU.S. House Committee on the Judiciary . Rowan was appointed commissioner for carrying out the treaty of 1839 with theRepublic of Mexico . He served as president of theKentucky Historical Society from 1838 until his death in Louisville in 1843. He was interred in the family burial ground at Federal Hill, nearBardstown, Kentucky . He was the uncle ofRobert Todd Lytle .Rowan County, Kentucky was named in his honor.References
* American National Biography
* Dictionary of American Biography
* Fackler, Stephen. "John Rowan and the Demise of Jeffersonian Republicanism in Kentucky from 1819 to 1831." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 78 (Winter 1980): 1-26
* Jillson, Willard Rouse. Tales of the Dark and Bloody Ground: A Group of Fifteen Original Papers on the Early History of Kentucky. Louisville: Dearing Printing Co., 1930.###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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