Background
Bowles, Henry Leland was born on January 6, 1866 in Athens. Vermont. Son of Lyman E. and Julia (Leland) Bowles.
Bowles, Henry Leland was born on January 6, 1866 in Athens. Vermont. Son of Lyman E. and Julia (Leland) Bowles.
Educated Vermont Academy, Saxtons River (non-graduate).
Began in lunch business with $1,000 borrowed capital, 1897, and extended business to ten cities in the United States and Canada. President-treasurer East Springfield Home Builders Company, Bowles Lunch, Incorporated., Bowles Lunch, Limited., director Bowles Lunch Company of Detroit, Union Trust Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. Elected to 69th Congress, September 29, 1925, to fill unexpired term of George B. Churchill, ending March 3, 1927, and reëlected to 70th Congress (1927-1929), 2d Massachusetts District.
Mason.
Married Edna Howard, December 1909.