Selwyn Z. Bowman

Selwyn Zadock Bowman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Nathaniel P. Banks
Succeeded by	Leopold Morse
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1870–1871 1875
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1876–1877
Personal details
Born	May 11, 1840 Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
Died	September 30, 1928(1928-09-30) (aged 88) Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Martha Emily Tufts
Children	Mabel E. Bowman, Ethel Bowman
Alma mater	Harvard College, 1860 Harvard Law School, 1863
Profession	Attorney

Selwyn Zadock Bowman (May 11, 1840 – September 30, 1928) was an American attorney and politician who served in several public offices, including that of the U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Bowman was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Zadock and Rosetta (Crane) Bowman. He attended the Charlestown public schools and Charlestown High School. He moved to Somerville, Massachusetts, with his parents in 1856.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1860 and from its law school in 1863. He was admitted to the bar in 1863, commenced practice in Boston, Massachusetts, and continued his residence in Somerville.

He served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1870, 1871, and again in 1875. He served as city solicitor of Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1872 and 1873. He served in the state senate in 1876 and 1877.

Bowman was elected as a Republican to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

He returned to Somerville and resumed the practice of law in Boston. He again served as city solicitor for Somerville from 1888 to 1897. He moved to Cohasset in 1914 and continued the practice of law in Boston.

Bowman died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on September 30, 1928. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

• 1875 Massachusetts legislature
• 1876 Massachusetts legislature
• 1877 Massachusetts legislature

• United States Congress. "Selwyn Z. Bowman (id: B000705)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Headley, Phineas Camp: Public men of to-day: being biographies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, each member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Governors of the Several States., pages 293-294, (1882).

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Works by or about Selwyn Z. Bowman at the Internet Archive