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About Hon. Walter Bowne, 59th Mayor, NYC
Walter Bowne (26 September 1770 – 31 August 1846) was the four term Mayor of New York from 1829 to 1833.
Walter Bowne was born on Flushing, Long Island, the son of James Bowne and his wife Caroline Rodman.
He was a New York State Senator from the Southern District from 1816 to 1822, and from the 1st District 1823 to 1824.
He was a member of the Council of Appointment at Albany from 1817 to 1820.
He was Mayor of New York City from 1829 to 1833. Faced with reports of cholera in neighboring towns in 1832, he implemented a strict quarantine policy, regulating travel to and from New York City, and restricting ships to a distance of 300 yards from port, and carriages from within 1.5 miles of the city. His attempt to prevent an epidemic failed - because it was based on the mistaken but then-accepted notion that transmission of cholera was through personal contact rather than through contaminated water and food, The actual means of transmission was not discovered until 1883.
Bowne was also the first President of 7th Ward Bank of New York City and a successful NYC merchant.
He married Elizabeth Southgate in 1803. They had two children, Walter Bowne, Jr., and Mary King Bowne, who married John Watson Lawrence.
Bowne Park (bounded by 29th and 32nd Avenue and 155th and 159th Streets in Flushing, Queens) is named for Walter Bowne. It is the site where his summer residence stood until a fire destroyed it in March 1925.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bowne
Walter Bowne served as mayor of New York City from 1829 until 1833. He was also a successful New York City merchant and bank president. Bowne previously served in the New York State Senate in 1816-1824 and on the Council of Appointment in 1817-1820.
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Hon. Walter Bowne, 59th Mayor, NYC's Timeline
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September 26, 1770
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Flushing, Queens County, New York, United States
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June 18, 1806
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July 25, 1808
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NY
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August 31, 1846
Age 75
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Queens County, New York, United States
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Flushing Cemetery, 163-6 46th Avenue, Plot 1, Section G (Bowne Family plot), Queens, Queens County, New York, 11358, United States
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