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Senate Years of Service: 1866-1871 Party: Unconditional Unionist; Republican
FOWLER, Joseph Smith, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County,
Ohio, August 31, 1820; attended the common schools and Grove Academy,
Steubenville, Ohio; graduated from Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, in 1843;
taught school in Shelby County, Ky., in 1844; professor of mathematics at
Franklin College, Davidson County, Tenn., 1845-1849; studied law in Bowling
Green, Ky.; admitted to the bar and practiced in Tennessee until 1861;
president of Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-1861; comptroller of
Tennessee 1862-1865; active in the reconstruction of the State government; upon
the readmission of the State of Tennessee to representation was elected as a
Unionist to the United States Senate and served from July 24, 1866, to March 3,
1871; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Engrossed
Bills (Fortieth Congress); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C.,
until his death there on April 1, 1902; interment in Lexington Cemetery,
Lexington, Ky.
BibliographyAmerican National Biography;
Dictionary of American Biography; Durham, Walter. How Say
You, Senator Fowler?
Tennessee History Quarterly 42 (Spring 1983): 39-57; Roske,
Ralph J. The Seven Martyrs?
American Historical Review 64 (January 1959): 332-30.
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