James Lowry Jr.

James Lowry Jr.
Portrait of James Lowry Jr., c. 1864–1866

25th Mayor of Pittsburgh
In office 1864–1866
Preceded by	Benair C. Sawyer
Succeeded by	William C. McCarthy
Personal details
Born	1820 Scotland
Died	July 20, 1876 (aged 55/56) St. Louis, Missouri

James Lowry Jr. (1820 – July 20, 1876) was Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1864 to 1866.

Life

Lowry was born in Scotland in 1820. He owned a foundry and was also a Coal merchant. The city's industries were all booming during Mayor Lowry's term. He would eventually be elected Coroner of Allegheny County.

Lowry died in St. Louis. He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery.

Sources

James Lowry Jr. at Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Benair C. Sawyer	Mayor of Pittsburgh 1864–1866	Succeeded by William C. McCarthy

Mayors of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since the 1816 City Charter

Denny Darragh Snowden Murray M. Lowrie Murray Pettigrew McClintock Little Irwin Thomson Hay Howard Kerr Adams J. Herron Barker J. Guthrie Riddle Volz Bingham Weaver Wilson Sawyer J. Lowry McCarthy Blackmore Brush Blackmore McCarthy Liddell Lyon Fulton McCallin Gourley McKenna Ford Diehl A. Brown J. Brown Hays G. Guthrie Magee Armstrong Babcock Magee Kline J. S. Herron McNair Scully Lawrence Gallagher Barr Flaherty Caliguiri Masloff Murphy O'Connor Ravenstahl Peduto

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James Lowry Jr.

Life

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