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FOWLER, John Edgar (1866-1930)

Populist of North Carolina

3rd congressional district

Served in House 1897-1899

Total roll-call votes cast: 91

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

A Representative from North Carolina; born in Honeycutt's Township, near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 8, 1866; attended the common schools and Wake Forest (N.C.) College; studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Clinton, N.C.; trustee of State Normal College for Women, Greensboro, N.C., 1895-1903; member of the State senate in 1895 and 1896; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); resumed the practice of law in Clinton, N.C.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1905 and 1906; died in Clinton, N.C., July 4, 1930; interment in Clinton Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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