Walter Bowne (26 September 1770 – 31 August 1846) was the 59th Mayor of New York City from 1829 to 1833.
Family
Walter Bowne was born in Flushing, Long Island, New York, the son of James Bowne and his wife Caroline Rodman. He was a descendant of John Bowne who, with other fellow Quakers was part of the Flushing Remonstrance, one of the earliest establishments of the freedom of religion in North America, and one of the predecessor documents on which the First Amendment to the United States Constitution was based.
Political career
He was a New York State senator from the Southern District from 1816 to 1822, and from the 1st District 1823 to 1824.
He was a member of the Council of Appointment at Albany from 1817 to 1820.
