Enoch Louis Lowe
MSA SC 3520-1460
Governor of Maryland, 1851-1854 (Democrat)
Born: August 10, 1820 in Frederick, Frederick County,
Maryland1
Father: Bradley S. Lowe2
Mother: Adelaide (de la Vincendiere) Lowe3
Education:
attended St. John's School, Frederick
enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, near Dublin, Ireland
graduated, Jesuit College, Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England, 1839
studied law under Judge Lynch, Frederick, Maryland, 1840-18424
Marriage: May 29, 1844 to Esther Winder Polk5
Children: Adelaide Vincendiere, Anna Maria, Enoch
Louis (died young), Paul Emil, Vivian, Victoire Vincindiere, Enoch Louis,
Alexander Stuart, Esther Winder, Mary Gorter, James Polk6
Religious Affiliation: Catholic7
Positions held:
Admitted to the bar, 1842
Practiced law with John W. Baughman, Frederick County
Legal counsel, Erie Railroad Company
Maryland House, 1845
Governor of Maryland 1851-1854
Member, Democratic National Convention, 1856
Presidential elector, 1860
Practiced law, Brooklyn, New York, 1866-18928
Died: August 23, 1892 in Brooklyn, New York9
Burial: St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick10
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