James Butler Bowlin -
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James Butler Bowlin (1804–1874)
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State of Residence: Missouri
- Minister Resident (Colombia)
Appointed: December 13, 1854
Presentation of Credentials: April 10, 1855
Termination of Mission: Left post about May 20, 1857- Commissioned to New Granada.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
- Nomination of February 25, 1856, withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.