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Line 1: {{Short description|American politician (1858–1933)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Lawrence | honorific-suffix = | image = Lawrence Oscar Cowan.jpg | alt = | office = Member of the [[19th Arizona Territorial Legislature]] | district = | term_start = | term_end = | term = 1897
| | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date|1858|09| | birth_place = [[Due West, South Carolina]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1933|07|20|1858|09|15}} | death_place = [[Tucson]],
| nationality = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[Erskine College]] | occupation = | profession = Politician, Businessman | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Lawrence Oscar ==Background== Cowan was born in [[Due West, ==Kingman and first term in Legislature== There he continued to practice law, and had interests in cattle ranching and mining. He moved to [[San Diego, California]], for a brief time before returning to Kingman and being elected a [[Probate Judge]], serving in that position for four years{{r|wh1}} and simultaneously he was the superintendent of county schools.{{r|mc1|ads1}} He served as the clerk of the District Court of Mohave County for four years,{{r|mc1}} Near the end of the session, tensions grew between the House of Representatives and Governor [[Benjamin Joseph Franklin]], a [[gold Democrat]] in a predominately [[free silver]] territory, leading Cowan to sponsor a resolution declaring "the best interests of the territory demanded an immediate change in the office of governor." The resolution was opposed in the Council which proclaimed it "has implicit confidence in the integrity and ability of our present governor."{{r|wag}} Line 42 ⟶ 44: ===Cowan Bill=== Acting upon a recommendation by Governor [[Alexander Oswald Brodie|Brodie]],{{r|wn1}} he introduced what came to be known as the Cowan Bill which raised significant revenue for Arizona.{{r|wh1}} Under the original laws of the territory, the territorial secretary, who approved and recorded articles of incorporation for companies incorporating in the territory, was entitled to keep the fees charged as part of his salary. The secretary at the time, [[Isaac T. Stoddard]] was receiving an estimated $40,000 per year (about ${{Inflation|US|40000|1901|fmt=c|r=-4}} per year in present-day terms{{Inflation-fn|US}}) in fees, and he had built a side business that assisted foreign businesses to incorporate under Arizona law. His earnings were harshly criticized.{{r|ceml1}} The bill made incorporation fees revenue to the territory treasury. The Cowan ==Later life== Cowan was the ==Personal== Line 52 ⟶ 54: He lost part of his thumb when closing the [[Breechloader|breech]] of his gun on it while attempting to shoot a large cat.{{r|k}} He was also a partner with [[US Senator]] [[Marcus A. Smith]] in a [[Sonora, Mexico]], copper mine.{{r|mc1}} The pair were awarded possession of the mining claim by the [[Supreme Court of Mexico]] in 1904, after losing cases in lower courts, and regained the claim from three Mexican [[land claim|claim jumper]]s.{{r|asb1}} Cohen died July 20, 1933, in ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=wh1>{{cite book |editor1-last=Conners |editor1-first=Jo |title=Who's who in Arizona |volume= <ref name=mc1>{{Cite book | last = McClintock | first = James H. |authorlink=James H. McClintock | title = Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern: The Nation's Youngest Commonwealth Within a Land of Ancient Culture |volume= <ref name="ads1">{{cite news |title=Pioneer Judge Taken By Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26123394/arizona_daily_star/ |accessdate=December 10, 2018 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=July 21, 1933 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=1|via=[[newspapers.com]]}} {{free_access}}</ref> Line 67 ⟶ 69: <ref name="ads2">{{cite news |title=Reaching the End Last Days of Session-Cowan's Bill Passed in House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26182834/arizona_daily_star/|accessdate=December 12, 2018 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=March 3, 1902 |location=Tucson, Arizona |page=1|via=[[newspapers.com]]}} {{free_access}}</ref> <ref name="asb1">{{cite news |title=M.A. Smith and L.O. Cowan Win Mexican <ref name="asb2">{{cite news |title=Married.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26182172/arizona_silver_belt// |accessdate=December 12, 2018 |work=Arizona Silver Belt |date=January 6, 1884 |location=Globe, Arizona |page=3|via=[[newspapers.com]]}} {{free_access}}</ref> Line 76 ⟶ 78: <ref name = ceml1>{{cite news|title=The Wickenburgh Herald claims that Issace Stoddard, territorial secretary, has struck a bonanza|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14747336/the_copper_era_and_morenci_leader/|accessdate=29 October 2017|work=The Copper Era and Morenci Leader|date=March 27, 1902|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{free access}}</ref>
<ref name="k">{{citation|author=Dan W. Messersmith|title=Kingman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDK1Vnc1HroC&pg=PA105|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-7930-6|pages=105–}}</ref> <ref name=wag>{{cite book |last = Wagoner |first = Jay J. |title = Arizona Territory }} Line 88: *{{cite book |last=Goff |first=John S. |title=Arizona Territorial Officials Volume VI: Members of the Legislature A–L |publisher=Black Mountain Press|location=Cave Creek, Arizona |year=1996 | oclc = 36714908}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Lawrence [[Category:1858 births]] [[Category:1933 deaths]] Line 99: [[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers]] [[Category:Arizona Territory judges]] [[Category:Arizona Democrats]] |