California State Officials Biographies 1911

CHESTER H. ROWELL

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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CHESTER H. ROWELL (Republican) was born in Bloomington, Ill., November 1, 1867, 
son of Jonathan H. and Maria S. (Woods) Rowell; educated in Bloomington public 
schools, Illinois State Normal University, University of Michigan and 
Universities of Halle and Berlin, Germany. Clerk to Committee on Elections, U. 
S. House of Representatives, in 51st Congress; taught in high school and 
academies and in the University of Illinois; since 1898 has been editor and 
manager of the Fresno Republican; is a member of the National Advisory Board of 
the Associated Press and a Director of the California Leased Wire Circuit, 
Associated Press; was President of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League and is a member 
of the Republican State Committee.
 
Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913