Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
Charles N. Fowler | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | John T. Dunn |
| Succeeded by | William E. Tuttle Jr. |
| Constituency | 8th district (1895–1903) 5th district (1903–1911) |
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| Born | November 2, 1852 Lena, Illinois, US |
| Died | May 27, 1932 (aged 79) Orange, New Jersey, US |
| Political party | Republican |
Fowler's district centered on his native Union County, New Jersey. From 1895 to 1903, his district also included Bayonne and most of Essex County. From 1903 to 1911, the district was redrawn to instead include Morris and Warren counties.
He retired from the House in 1910 to seek election to the U.S. Senate but narrowly lost the Republican nomination to Governor Edward C. Stokes in the state's first direct primary election. He lost a second match with Stokes by a much wider margin in the 1913 gubernatorial primary.
Early life and career
editFowler was born in Lena, Illinois on November 2, 1852. He attended the public schools in Lena and Beloit College. He graduated from Yale College in 1876 where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1][2]: 35 He then attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated in 1878.[citation needed]
He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced the practice of law in Beloit, Kansas. Fowler moved to Cranford, New Jersey in 1883 and to Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1891 and engaged in banking, serving as president of a mortgage company.
Fowler was a member of the Republican State Committee from 1898 to 1907.[citation needed]
Congress
editFowler was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1911. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for election to the United States Senate in 1910.
Later life
editAfter leaving Congress, he resumed banking activities at Elizabeth. He also engaged in literary pursuits and operated a group of marble quarries in Vermont. In 1930, he moved to Orange, New Jersey, where he died on May 27, 1932.[1] He was interred in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.
His home in Elizabeth is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "C. N. Fowler Dies. Ex-Representative. Was Republican Congressman From New Jersey for 16 Years Ending in 1911. Banking Committee Head. Began Life on an Illinois Farm. Was Member of Yale Varsity Crew and Skull and Bones Society". The New York Times. May 28, 1932. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
Charles Newell Fowler, Republican Representative in Congress from New Jersey ... A son, Charles N. Fowler Jr., two grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren, survive.
- ^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, Deceased during the Year 1931-1932" (PDF). Yale University. 15 October 1932. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Charles N. Fowler (id: F000320)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Charles Newell Fowler at The Political Graveyard
- Address of Hon. Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, March 31, 1897
- An American Banking System By Charles Newell Fowler (1916)
- Seventeen Talks on the Banking Question By Charles Newell Fowler (1913)
- The Fowler Financial and Currency Bill Speech in the US House of Representatives by Charles Newell Fowler (1902)
- The National Issues of 1916 by Charles Newell Fowler (1916)
- The United States Reserve Bank: The Fundamental Defects of the Federal Reserve System Exposed and the Necessary Remedy By Charles Newell Fowler (1922)