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'''Bowers' friend [[Osro Cobb]] described him as "the finest trial lawyer I ever met. Mr. Bowers had a photographic memory. When he quoted the testimony of a witness in argument, it would be word-for-word -- with voice inflections highly similar to those of the witness.'''</blockquote>

'''Bowers' friend [[Osro Cobb]] described him as "the finest trial lawyer I ever met. Mr. Bowers had a photographic memory. When he quoted the testimony of a witness in argument, it would be word-for-word -- with voice inflections highly similar to those of the witness.'''</blockquote>

   

   

Young Bowers attended the Ouachita-Maynard Academy in Maynard, in Randolph County. This institution was one of the forerunners of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, in Clark County in southern Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5974|title=Maynard Baptist Academy|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|accessdate=August 12, 2012}}</ref> Bowers then enrolled at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, from which he procured a teacher’s certificate in 1906. He then taught school at Clearview in Randolph County.  Meanwhile, he studied  law in the offices of lawyer friends in Pocahontas and in 1913 was admitted to the state bar. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the Arkansas House in both 1908 and 1916 and for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1924. In his two consecutive bids for governor, he was defeated by the [[Democrats]] John Ellis Martineau and Harvey Parnell. He polled 23.6 percent of the [[general election]] vote in 1926; 22.7 percent, in 1928.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/findingaids/id/291/rec/10/|title=M. Drew Bowers Papers|publisher=Contentdm.oclc.org|accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref> In the latter election, [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas was the Democratic nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] on the [[Al Smith]] ticket.  

Young Bowers attended the Ouachita-Maynard Academy in Maynard, in Randolph County. This institution was one of the forerunners of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, in Clark County in southern Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5974|title=Maynard Baptist Academy|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|accessdate=August 12, 2012}}</ref> Bowers then enrolled at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, from which he procured a teacher's certificate in 1906. He then taught school at Clearview in Randolph County.  Meanwhile, he studied  law in the offices of lawyer friends in Pocahontas and in 1913 was admitted to the state bar. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the Arkansas House in both 1908 and 1916 and for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1924. In his two consecutive bids for governor, he was defeated by the [[Democrats]] John Ellis Martineau and Harvey Parnell. He polled 23.6 percent of the [[general election]] vote in 1926; 22.7 percent, in 1928.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/findingaids/id/291/rec/10/|title=M. Drew Bowers Papers|publisher=Contentdm.oclc.org|accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref> In the latter election, [[U.S. Senator]] Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas was the Democratic nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] on the [[Al Smith]] ticket.  

   

   

In 1925, during the [[Calvin Coolidge]] administration, Bowers was appointed Assistant United States Attorney. After eleven years in that position, also under Presidents [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Bowers resigned in 1936 to enter private practice. In 1953, the new [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] administration recalled him as Assistant United States Attorney. He retired from the federal position in 1962 at the age of seventy-six and returned to the private practice of law. In 1977, at the age of ninety, Bowers retired from his law practice. He died nine years later in [[Little Rock]] at the age of ninety-nine.<ref name=bio/>

In 1925, during the [[Calvin Coolidge]] administration, Bowers was appointed Assistant United States Attorney. After eleven years in that position, also under Presidents [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Bowers resigned in 1936 to enter private practice. In 1953, the new [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] administration recalled him as Assistant United States Attorney. He retired from the federal position in 1962 at the age of seventy-six and returned to the private practice of law. In 1977, at the age of ninety, Bowers retired from his law practice. He died nine years later in [[Little Rock]] at the age of ninety-nine.<ref name=bio/>