John Fowler (politician)

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John Fowler (born April 27, 1756 in Chesterfield County , Colony of Virginia , †  August 22, 1840 in Lexington , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1807 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Fowler attended public schools in his home country. He was then a captain in the Virginia militia during the Revolutionary War . After the war he began a political career. In 1787 he was a member of a meeting taking place in Danville , at which the establishment of the new state of Kentucky was already being discussed. That same year, Fowler was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . He was also a member of the commission that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of Virginia . Then Fowler moved to Lexington, which is now in the state of Kentucky, which was founded in 1792.

Fowler became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional elections of 1796 he was elected in the second constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Christopher Greenup on March 4, 1797 . He represented this district until March 3, 1803. In the elections of 1802, Fowler was re-elected to Congress in the then newly created fifth district. He represented this until March 3, 1807. During his ten years in Congress , he saw the government move to Washington, DC. In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson expanded the territory of the United States considerably. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Fowler withdrew from politics. Between 1814 and 1822 he was a postman in Lexington. He also ran a rest home called "Fowler's Gardens" there. John Fowler died in Lexington on August 22, 1840.

Web links

  • John Fowler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Fowler, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Chesterfield County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1840
Place of death Lexington , Kentucky