Life span: 12/03/1825 to 04/18/1887TabsLife SummaryFull name: James Foster McDowellPlace of Birth: Mifflin County, PABurial Place: Marion, INBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeJournalistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of Representatives Events Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Images James Foster McDowell, circa 1864 James Foster McDowell, circa 1864, detail Bibliography