Biography

01/08/1879 - 10/04/1952


SOWERS, Clinton Anderson, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 8, 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, Temple University; attorney-at-law; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1916-1919); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1919 term; reelected to the House to serve 8 consecutive terms thereafter; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1936); Garrett Estate examiner (1936-1951); died, October 4, 1952 in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; interred, Haddonfield Baptist Cemetery, Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey. 
 
 
 

Archival Collections


Sowers, Clinton A.  Clinton A. Sowers records of the proceedings against the estate of Henrietta E. Garrett, 1936-1951, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
 


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