district predecessor successor death_place birth_place death_date article_title office birth_date term_start image state term_end name
3rd 7th william j. sasnett sampson w. harris alexander white isaac t. tichenor david clopton sampson w. harris auburn , alabama near monticello , georgia 6 september 1871 james ferguson dowdell
 president of auburn university 26 november 1818 1868 march 4 , 1855 march 4 , 1853 james ferguson dowdell.jpg alabama alabama 1870 march 3 , 1859 march 3 , 1855 james ferguson dowdell
james ferguson dowdell

james ferguson dowdell -lrb- november 26 , 1818 -- september 6 , 1871 -rrb- was the second president of the east alabama college , now known as auburn university , from 1868 to 1870 , and a u.s. representative from alabama .
