Walter Lowrie (politician)

Walter Lowrie


United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1825
Preceded by	Abner Lacock
Succeeded by	William Marks
Personal details
Born	(1784-12-10)December 10, 1784 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	December 14, 1868(1868-12-14) (aged 84) New York City, New York, United States
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Walter Lowrie (December 10, 1784 – December 14, 1868) was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. Serving as chairman of the Committee on Finance during the 2nd session of the 17th Congress.

After his term as a Senator, Lowrie stayed on as Secretary of the Senate for eleven years. In 1836 he moved to New York City and went to work with the Missionary Board of the Presbyterian Church. He remained with them until his death. Three of his sons, John Cameron, Walter Macon, and Reuben, were prominent as missionaries to India and China. A nephew, Walter H. Lowrie, later served as chief justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.

Lowrie died in New York City on December 14, 1868 and is interred in the First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.

External links

United States Congress. "Walter Lowrie (id: L000485)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States Senate
Preceded by Abner Lacock	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Pennsylvania 1819–1825 Served alongside: Jonathan Roberts, William Findlay	Succeeded by William Marks
Political offices
Preceded by John Holmes Maine	Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance 1822–1823	Succeeded by Samuel Smith Maryland
Honorary titles
Preceded by Henry Johnson	Most Senior Living U.S. Senator (Sitting or Former) September 4, 1864 – December 14, 1868	Succeeded by Peleg Sprague

United States Senators from Pennsylvania

Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey

Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare^† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey

Notes	^† Never officially seated.

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Finance

Campbell Eppes Sanford Holmes Lowrie Smith Webster Wright Clay Evans Woodbury Calhoun Lewis Atherton Dickinson Hunter Pearce Fessenden Sherman Fessenden Sherman Morrill Bayard Morrill Voorhees Morrill Aldrich Penrose Simmons Penrose McCumber Smoot Harrison George Millikin George Millikin Byrd Long Dole Packwood Bentsen Moynihan Packwood Roth Baucus Grassley Baucus Grassley Baucus Wyden Hatch

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 30985423 LCCN: n85259301 SUDOC: 169366545 US Congress: L000485

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