Charles W. Lowell

Charles Winthrop Lowell (November 20, 1834 – October 3, 1877) was an American lawyer, commanding officer of a "colored" unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War, state legislator and postmaster in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He was born in Farmingham, Maine, November 20, 1834, to Phillip Smith Lowell and Harriet Butler Lowell.

He married Mary Elizabeth Chandler June 1860, and together they had a daughter born January 18, 1864, named Mary Chandler Lowell, and unfortunately Mary Elizabeth died just six days after giving birth.

He served as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, first elected in July 1868, and then again unanimously elected on December 9, 1872. He was identified as from Jefferson when he was re-elected as speaker in 1872. He died on October 3, 1877, in Foxcroft, Maine.