Background
Dowse, Edward was born on October 22, 1756 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.
Dowse, Edward was born on October 22, 1756 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Charlestown, Dowse moved to Dedham in March 1798. He purchased five acres of land around the Middle Post Road, today known as High Street. He lived in an already existing house at first, and then built a home on the land in 1804.
After the Revolution, he became a shipmaster and engaged in the East Indian and China carrying trade.
Dowse was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until May 26, 1820, when he resigned. He died in Dedham on September 3, 1828, and was interred in the Old Cemetery.
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