Orin Fowler

Orin Fowler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852
Preceded by	Artemas Hale
Succeeded by	Edward P. Little
Personal details
Born	(1791-07-29)July 29, 1791 Lebanon, Connecticut
Died	Washington, D.C.
Profession	minister

Orin Fowler (July 29, 1791 – September 3, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Fowler pursued classical studies and attended Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. He was graduated from Yale College in 1814. He studied theology and pursued extensive missionary work in the Valley of the Mississippi. Finally settled as a minister in Plainfield, Connecticut, in 1820. He moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1829, where he was installed as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1831. Wrote a history of Fall River in 1841. He served in the State senate in 1848.

Fowler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1852. He was interred in the North Burial Ground, Fall River, Massachusetts.

References

• Orin Fowler at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Works by Orin Fowler at Project Gutenberg
•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Artemas Hale	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852	Succeeded by Edward P. Little

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