Biography

01/08/1879 - 10/04/1952


SOWERS, Clinton Anderson, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 8, 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, Temple University; attorney-at-law; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1916-1919); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1919 term; reelected to the House to serve 8 consecutive terms thereafter; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1936); Garrett Estate examiner (1936-1951); died, October 4, 1952 in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; interred, Haddonfield Baptist Cemetery, Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey. 
 
 
 
 

Archival Collections



Clinton A. Sowers records of the proceedings against the estate of Henrietta E. Garrett, Collection 3370, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
 

 


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