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    Lowry, Sylvanus B. "S.B."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    Territorial Council 1852-53 (District 5); Senate 1862 (District 3)

    Party when first elected:  Not Available

    Counties Served:  Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Breckenridge (defunct), Buchanan (defunct), Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Itasca, Lake, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pembina (defunct), Polk, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Toombs (defunct), Wadena

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 7/24/1823
    Birth Place: , Kentucky
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: ??/??/1865
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: S.B.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Watab
    Occupation (when first elected): Indian Trader

    EDUCATION

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    County Attorney: Benton County, Minnesota; 185? to ?
    Territorial Government: Minnesota Territorial Adjutant General (Appointed by Territorial Governor Willis Gorman); 1853 to 185? [Appointed]
    Municipal Mayor: St. Cloud, Minnesota (First One), One year; 04/02/1856 to 1856

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1862 lists him as being 38 years old. So he must have been born around 1824.

    Toensing lists his death year as 1861. He is listed as serving in the Minnesota Senate in 1862 so that year must be wrong. A report called "St. Cloud professor unearths history of slavery in Minnesota," from Minnesota Public Radio, May 7, 2010 lists his death year as 1865.

    His gravestone in North Star Cemetery in St. Cloud, MN lists his birth year as 1823 and death year as 1865.

    He came to Minnesota in 1847. He first lived in Brockway, Minnesota ten miles north of St. Cloud, Minnesota. He moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1853.

    He was identified as a Democrat. (St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat, January 7, 1862)

    He died in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

    Total Days Served: 775

    SESSIONS SERVED

    4th Legislative Session (1862)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 03
    Elected: 10/8/1861
    Residence: Saint Cloud
    Term of Office: 1/7/1862 to 2/22/1862 (unfinished term)
    Counties Represented: Aitkin, Becker, Breckenridge (defunct), Buchanan (defunct), Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Douglas, Itasca, Lake, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pembina (defunct), Polk, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Toombs (defunct), Wadena
    Occupation: Editor, The Union Newspaper (Became the St. Cloud Times)
    Party: Democratic Party Notes: He was identified as a Democrat. (St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat, January 7, 1862)
    Committees:
    • Banks
    • Indian Affairs
    • Railroads and Railroad Grants
    • Schools and School Lands
    Reason for unfinished term: Other - See Notes
    Session Notes: His term end date is uncertain since we don't know why he didn't finish his term. There was an article in the August 20, 1862 St. Cloud Democrat which explained that he had returned home after being in hospitals for the insane in Cincinnati, Ohio and Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The date listed is the day after the last time (February 21, 1862) his name appears to be listed in the Minnesota Journal of the Senate, 1862. William S. Moore was sworn in on September 10, 1862, during the Extra Session and finished the rest of his term.

    4th Territorial Legislative Session (1853)

      Session Details
    Body: Territorial Council
    District: 05
    Elected: 10/14/1851
    Residence: Saint Cloud
    Term of Office: 1/7/1852 to 1/3/1854
    Counties Represented: Benton, Cass
    Occupation: Indian Trader
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Internal Improvements
    • Militia (Chair)
    • Printing
    • Territorial Roads

    3rd Territorial Legislative Session (1852)

      Session Details
    Body: Territorial Council
    District: 05
    Elected: 10/14/1851
    Residence: Watab
    Term of Office: 1/7/1852 to 1/3/1854
    Counties Represented: Benton, Cass
    Occupation: Indian Trader
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Enrolled Bills
    • Judiciary
    • Printing
    • Territorial Roads (Chair)

    OTHER INFORMATION

    No other information has been entered for this legislator. These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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