Cowles Mead

Cowles Mead
Delegate-elect to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Mississippi Territory's at-large district
In office Not seated
Preceded by	William Lattimore
Succeeded by	George Poindexter (Representative)
Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office 1806–1807
Governor	Robert Williams
Preceded by	Thomas Hill Williams
Succeeded by	Thomas Hill Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district
In office March 4, 1805 – December 24, 1805
Preceded by	Samuel Hammond
Succeeded by	Thomas Spalding
Personal details
Born	(1776-10-18)October 18, 1776 Bedford County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 17, 1844(1844-05-17) (aged 67) Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Cowles Mead (October 18, 1776 – May 17, 1844) was a United States representative from Georgia. Born in Virginia, he received an English education and became a private practice lawyer.

He presented credentials as a member-elect to the 9th United States Congress (March 4, 1805 – December 24, 1805) but was replaced by Thomas Spalding who contested the initial election outcome. Mead then served as Secretary of the Mississippi Territory, 1806–1807; Acting Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1806–1807; and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, 1807 and 1822–23.

He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the 13th United States Congress in 1812. He was a delegate to the first constitutional convention for setting up the new State of Mississippi in 1817. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 16th United States Congress in 1818. He served in the Mississippi Senate in 1821. He was later the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Mississippi state legislature, from 1823 to 1827. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election as governor of Mississippi in 1825. He died 19 years later in 1844 on his Greenwood Plantation in Hinds County, Mississippi where he was buried.

References

• United States Congress. "Cowles Mead (id: M000614)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.