Biography

05/12/1826 - 08/12/1864

McDOWELL, Robert P., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, May 12, 1826 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; colonel, 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1861, Civil War); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1859 term; elected, chairman (now Majority Leader), Republican Caucus (1859); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1860 term; clerk, United States Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia; died, August 12, 1864 in Washington, District of Columbia; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.