Orin Fowler

Orin Fowler (born July 29, 1791 in Lebanon , New London County , Connecticut , †  September 3, 1852 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1852 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orin Fowler enjoyed a good elementary school education and then graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts. He then studied at Yale College until 1814 . After studying theology, he was missionary along the Mississippi River . In 1820 he moved to Plainfield , where he worked as a clergyman until 1829. He then settled in Fall River (Massachusetts) and was pastor of the Congregational Church there . In 1841 he penned a historical treatise on the history of the city of Fall River. Politically, Fowler joined the Whig Party . In 1848 he became a member of the Massachusetts Senate .

In the congressional election of 1848 Fowler was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts, where he succeeded Artemas Hale on March 4, 1849 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 3, 1852 . This time was dominated by the discussions about slavery . In 1850, the compromise of 1850 was a controversial temporary solution.

Web links

• Orin Fowler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Orin Fowler in the database of Find a Grave (English)