A native of Georgia, Dowdell practiced law in that state before he
moved to Chambers County, Alabama, in 1846. In 1852 he was elected as an
Alabama representative to the United States Congress, where he served three
terms.
Following the Civil War, Dowdell served as president of the East Alabama Male College. He died in the same year that the board of trustees of that institution transferred its assets to the state of Alabama for the purpose of establishing a land-grant college in Auburn. |
Inventory of the President's Records
Provides another view of the events treated by the President in his Annual Reports.Synopsis of the President's Correspondence Letters between the President of the University and various political leaders within Alabama. Provides insight into how the school has maneuvered through the state's political system. |
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