List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bowies and Johnsons

The Bowies and Johnsons

• Walter Bowie (1748–1810), delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention 1776, Maryland House Delegate 1780-1800, Maryland State Senator 1800-1802, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1802-1805. Brother of Robert Bowie.
• Robert Bowie (1750–1818), Maryland State Representative 1785-1790 1801-1803, Maryland State Court Judge 1790-1796, Governor of Maryland 1803-1806 1811-1812, Maryland State Senator 1809-1810. Brother of Walter Bowie.
  • Walter Bowie, Jr., Levy Court Judge of Prince George's County, Maryland. Son of Walter Bowie.
    • Thomas F. Bowie (1808–1869), Maryland House Delegate 1842-1848, candidate for Governor of Maryland 1843, candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1850, delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention 1851, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1855-1859. Grandson of Robert Bowie.
    • William Duckett Bowie (1803–1873), Levy Court Judge of Prince George's County, Maryland; candidate for Maryland State Legislature; Maryland House Delegate. Nephew of Walter Bowie, Jr.
    • Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876), Maryland State Senator 1821-1827, U.S. Senator from Maryland 1845-1849 1863-1868, Attorney General of the United States 1849-1850, Maryland House Delegate 1861-1862, U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1868-1869. Brother-in-law of Thomas F. Bowie.
      • Oden Bowie (1826–1894), Maryland House Delegate 1849, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1864, Maryland State Senator 1867, Governor of Maryland 1869-1872. Son of William Duckett Bowie.

NOTE: Robert Bowie was also brother-in-law of Maryland House Delegates Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall.