James R. Howe

James R. Howe, New York Congressman

James Robinson Howe (January 27, 1839 – September 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Howe attended the common schools. He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He moved to Brooklyn in 1870 and engaged in the dry-goods business.

Howe was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898. Register of Kings County 1900-1902. He served as director of several banks. He died in North Salem, New York, on September 21, 1914. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

• United States Congress. "James R. Howe (id: H000852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

External links

• James R. Howe at Find a Grave