district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
17th john w. cassingham october 2 , 1927 -lrb- age 74 -rrb- cleveland , ohio killbuck , ohio democratic march 3 , 1901 addison s. mcclure september 25 , 1853 march 4 , 1897 john a. mcdowell
 ohio john anderson mcdowell oak hill cemetery , millersburg , ohio national normal university
john a. mcdowell

john anderson mcdowell -lrb- september 25 , 1853 - october 2 , 1927 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in killbuck , ohio , mcdowell attended the common schools , the millersburg high school , and lebanon -lrb- ohio -rrb- normal college .
he graduated from the mount union college , alliance , ohio , in 1887 .
he taught in rural schools 1870-1877 .
following this he served as principal of millersburg high school 1877-1879 .
superintendent of millersburg schools 1879-1896 .
county school examiner for twenty years .
instructor in the summer school of the college of wooster , ohio from 1896 to 1917 and in the summer school of ashland college , ohio in 1918 .
mcdowell was elected as a democrat to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1897-march 3 , 1901 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900 .
superintendent of public instruction of the ashland city schools 1908-1927 .
trustee of the state normal college at kent , ohio from 1911 to 1922 .
he served as president of northeastern ohio teachers ' association in 1921 and of ohio state teachers ' association in 1926 .
he was also interested in agricultural pursuits .
he died in cleveland , ohio , october 2 , 1927 .
he was interred in oak hill cemetery , millersburg , ohio .
