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Samuel Fowler | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | James N. Pidcock |
| Succeeded by | Johnston Cornish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1851 |
| Died | March 17, 1919 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician |
Samuel Fowler (March 22, 1851, inPort Jervis, New York – March 17, 1919, inNewark, New Jersey) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician who representedNew Jersey's4th congressional district in theU.S. representative for two terms from 1889 to 1893.
Fowler was the son of Colonel Samuel Fowler (1818–1863), an officer with the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment during theAmerican Civil War, and grandson ofSamuel Fowler (1779–1844), who served in the House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.
His mother, Henrietta Laura Brodhead Fowler (1827-1869), had a first cousin, Marcia Ross Brodhead, who married CongressmanDaniel Myers Van Auken, and another first cousin, Kate Brodhead, who married Congressman and SenatorCharles Van Wyck. She was also related to CongressmenJohn Curtis Brodhead andJohn Brodhead.
Fowler was born inPort Jervis, New York, on March 22, 1851. He attended the Newton (N.J.) Academy,Princeton College, andColumbia Law School inNew York City. He was admitted to the bar of New York in 1873 and of New Jersey in 1876 and practiced law inNewark andNewton, New Jersey.[1]
Fowler was elected as a Democrat to theFifty-first andFifty-second Congresses, and served in office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1893, and was chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fifty-second Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection to theFifty-third Congress.[1]
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession inOgdensburg, New Jersey.[1]
Fowler died inNewark on March 17, 1919. He was interred in North Church Cemetery inHardyston Township, nearHamburg, New Jersey.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's 4th congressional district March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Succeeded by |
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