Joseph S. Fowler

Joseph Smith Fowler (born August 31, 1820 in Steubenville , Ohio , † April 1, 1902 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party . From 1866 to 1871 he sat for the US state of Tennessee in the US Senate .

Life

Fowler was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and went to school there. In 1844 he taught mathematics at a school in Kentucky , from 1845 to 1849 at a school in Tennessee. He then went to Bowling Green where he attended the predecessor of Western Kentucky University Jura studied. In 1861 he was admitted to the bar in Tennessee. During his studies he worked from 1856 to 1861 as a director at Howard Female College . Between 1862 and 1865 he was the State Comptroller of Tennessee.

In 1866, after Tennessee was reintegrated into the Union as the first of the breakaway states after the American Civil War , Fowler was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly as one of the two Senators from Tennessee to the Senate. Between 1867 and 1869 he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills . During the impeachment proceedings against US President Andrew Johnson , Fowler, along with six other Republican senators, voted against the impeachment of Johnson. His impeachment was missed by only one vote. In 1871 his term of office expired, in 1870 he did not stand for election and left the Senate.

Fowler no longer moved to Tennessee, rather he stayed in Washington, where he worked as a lawyer until shortly before his death. He died in Washington on April 1, 1902, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery in Kentucky.

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SURNAME	Fowler, Joseph S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fowler, Joseph Smith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Steubenville , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	April 1, 1902
Place of death	Washington, DC