Education
University of Alabama.
governor of Alabama politician
University of Alabama.
The state constitution requires that, if the governor is out of the state for 20 days, that the lieutenant governor acts as governor until he returns. McDowell was born in Eufaula, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama and opened a law practice in Eufaula in 1897.
He served as Mayor of Eufaula from 1908-1912, and was President of the Alabama State Bar in 1915-1916.
He was elected to the Alabama State Senate in 1918.