Background
Lowe was born in McDaniel, Maryland to Louise Price and Denton Scott Lowe.
Lowe was born in McDaniel, Maryland to Louise Price and Denton Scott Lowe.
He attended Baltimore City College, though his term there was interrupted by World World War World War II
The Delegates" Office Building was named for him in 1973. Thomas served as a phone operator in Pearl Harbor before being discharged following the end of fighting in the Pacific Theater. He returned to City College as a star football player, and despite being offered several athletic scholarships he, chose to attend Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, where he majored in Political Science.
The couple moved to Easton, Maryland shortly after graduating and Lowe set up a law practice in Easton, while wife Jane became an elementary school teacher at Mountain.
Pleasant Elementary.
Lowe served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the General Assembly, where he was known as a conservative. before winning the position as Speaker of the House. In 1973, rather than running for national office, Lowe chose instead a position on the Court of Special Appeals—the state"s second highest court—offered to him by then governor Marvin Mandel.
Lowe remained on the court until his death on June 13, 1984 of an aortic rupture during a heart attack.
