[1] Cowan was appointed to the court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen Banks Burch on May 31, 1948.
[2] This was a temporary appointment pending an election of Robert T. Price who completed the unexpired term of Burch.
[3] Prior to his short service to the supreme court he had practised law for 38 years in other forums.
[5] He died June 13, 1949, at the age of 63, along with his wife Edwina in a plane crash near to the Wichita airport.
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