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Jonathan Harvey Rowell

Jonathan Harvey Rowell served as a representative for Illinois (1883-1891).

  • Republican
  • Illinois
  • District 14
  • Former
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Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Illinois

Representing constituents across the Illinois delegation.

District District 14

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1883-1891

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Jonathan Harvey Rowell (born February 10, 1833) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. He represented Illinois’s 14th Congressional District and served as a historical member of Congress during the late nineteenth century. Rowell’s congressional career is documented under the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress identifier R000478.

Rowell served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, holding office from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1891. During this period, he sat as a Representative for Illinois’s 14th District, aligned with the Republican Party. His tenure in Congress spanned from the Forty-eighth through the Fifty-first Congresses, marking eight years of continuous federal legislative service. He is recorded as a former officeholder, with no additional committee assignments, official contact details, or later roles provided in the available metadata.

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