Background
Mowry, John L. was born on December 15, 1905 in Baxter, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Grace (Conn) Mowry.
Mowry, John L. was born on December 15, 1905 in Baxter, Iowa, United States. Son of William and Grace (Conn) Mowry.
Ohio State University and State University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts 1928). State University of Iowa (Juris Doctor, 1930). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Iowa Law Review, 1929-1930.
F.B.I. Agent, 1930-1934. Special Prosecutor of New York under Thomas E. Dewey, 1935-1936. County Attorney, Marshall County, Iowa, 1938-1941.
With Executive Department, New York State Liquor Authority, 19441946. National President, Society of Former Special Agents of the F.B.I., Inc., 1945. Mayor, City of Marshalltown, 1950-1956.
Iowa State Representative, 1956-1968. Republican Majority Floor Leader, Iowa 60th General Assembly, 1963-1965. Iowa State Senator, 26th District, 1968-1972.
Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1930—1934. Member staff firm Thomas E. Dewey, New York City, 1935—1936. Private practice Marshalltown, Iowa, 1936—1941, from 1947.
Owner Evans Abstract Company, from 1950. County attorney Marshall County, 1939—1941. Member Iowa House Representatives, 1956—1968.
Majority floor leader, 1963—1965. Member Iowa Senate, 1968—1972. Delegate Republican National Convention, Miami, Florida, 1972.
With United States Air Force, 1941-1945.
Marshall County (President, 1948) and The Iowa State (Vice Chairman, Commercial Code Study Committee, 1964-1965) Bar Associations. [With Army Air Forces, Materiel Command, Intelligence Section, 19421944].
Married Irene E. Lounsberry, June 7, 1941. 1 child Stephen R. Irvine.