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3 unusual facts about W. W. McDowell


1934 in Ireland

9 April - W. W. McDowell, US Minister to Ireland, dies at a State banquet in his honour at Dublin Castle, between President Éamon de Valera and Mrs. Sinéad de Valera.

W. W. McDowell

:The Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Paschal Robinson, stayed by his side to the end.

The body was afterwards taken to the United States Legation in the Phoenix Park, where it is being embalmed preparatory to removal to the United States.


Charles McDowell

Charles S. McDowell (1871–1943), Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr., interim Governor of Alabama

Charles T. McDowell (1921–2007), Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Arlington

Charles S. McDowell

He served as Mayor of Eufaula from 1908–12, and was President of the Alabama State Bar in 1915-16.

Edmund Curtis

As part of his work with the Irish Manuscripts Commission he published with R. B. McDowell the Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1922 on the year of his death.

Hillsboro Cemetery

Located in Hillsboro, Ohio, Hillsboro Cemetery is home to multiple notable interments, including baseball player Kirby White and politicians Joseph J. McDowell, John Armstrong Smith, Jacob J. Pugsley, Allen Trimble and Wilbur M. White.

James F. McDowell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Joseph J. McDowell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress.

Joseph McDowell

Joseph J. McDowell (1800–1877), U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell

Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell (1758–1799), American Revolutionary War soldier and legislator from North Carolina

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge

Another, Thomas was a renowned Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and trainer who won the 1902 Kentucky Derby.

Marion, North Carolina

Another famous home in Marion is the Joseph McDowell House, built in 1787 by the county's namesake, Joseph McDowell.

Robert M. McDowell

Immediately before his confirmation to the FCC, he was senior vice president and assistant general counsel of COMPTEL (Competitive Telecommunications Association), an industry trade group of competitive (non-RBOC) telephone companies.

Robert McDowell

Robert M. McDowell (born 1963), former member of the Federal Communications Commission

R. B. McDowell (Robert Brendan McDowell, born 1913), Irish historian

Simon Gaon

In 1964, he studied in Academia 63 in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and furthered his European education with the Art Students League Merit Scholarship (1965) and the Edward G. McDowell traveling scholarship


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