Stanley E. Bowdle

Stanley Eyre Bowdle (September 4, 1868 – April 6, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1913 to 1915.

Born in Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio, Bowdle attended the public schools until fifteen years of age.

He spent the summers in the mountains of Colorado and winters in various places in Mexico from 1897 to 1900 in an attempt to recover from tuberculosis.

He died there on April 6, 1919, a few hours after being struck by a motorist after stepping from a streetcar near the Good Samaritan Hospital.

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