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Edmund Rowe

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Preceded by
  
Dow W. Harter

Name
  
Edmund Rowe

Political party
  
Republican

Resting place
  
Glendale Cemetery

Succeeded by
  
Walter B. Huber


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Born
  
December 21, 1892 Sherrodsville, Ohio (
1892-12-21
)

Died
  
October 4, 1972(1972-10-04) (aged 79) Akron, Ohio

Edmund Rowe (December 21, 1892 – October 4, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

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Born in Sherrodsville, Ohio, Rowe attended the public schools. He worked in the coal mines 1905-1909, in the rubber industry 1909-1913, and at the machinist trade 1913-1916. During the First World War served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. He was owner of a bowling academy 1919-1929. He engaged in the real estate business in 1920 and the insurance business in 1928. Organizer of the Rowe Oil & Chemical Co. in 1936. He served as member of the city council of Akron, Ohio from 1928 to 1942, serving one term as president.

Rowe was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress and for election in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He served as member of the Ohio General Assembly 1955-1959. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Akron in 1957. Real estate broker. Resided in Akron, Ohio, where he died October 4, 1972. He was interred in Glendale Cemetery.

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