Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands
This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2016) |
Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands | |
---|---|
Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office 1927–1933 | |
Wisconsin State Senate | |
In office 1935–1937 | |
Chairman of Wisconsin Progressive Party | |
In office ?–? | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 1, 1901 Cambria, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | March 28, 1961 (aged 59) Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
Spouse | |
Children | 2, including Gena Rowlands |
Relatives | Nick Cassavetes (grandson) Alexandra Cassavetes (granddaughter) Zoe Cassavetes (granddaughter) |
Occupation | Politician |
Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands (April 1, 1901 – March 28, 1961) was a Welsh-American member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. He was born in Cambria, Wisconsin, the son of Emma (née Davies) and David Morris Rowlands, of Welsh descent. He had an elder brother, Morris.[1]
Biography
On September 10, 1924, in Arkansas, he married Mary Allen Neal, who became an actress in her later years, and was known as Lady Rowlands. They had two children: a son, David, and a daughter, Virginia, who is best known as the Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Gena Rowlands.[citation needed]
Rowlands served in the Assembly from 1927 to 1933 and in the Senate from 1935 to 1937. He was also Chairman of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.[2]
Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands died in 1961 in Harris County, Texas, four days before his 60th birthday.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Edwin Rowlands Google profile
- ^ State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Legislative Reference Bureau. 1933. p. PA448. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles needing additional references from October 2016
- All articles needing additional references
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2016
- 1901 births
- 1961 deaths
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- People from Cambria, Wisconsin
- Progressive Party (1924) Wisconsin state senators
- American people of Welsh descent
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century Wisconsin politicians
- All stub articles
- Wisconsin politician stubs