Charles N. Fowler

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Charles Newell Fowler (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois - May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903, and the 5th district from 1903 to 1911.

Fowler was born in Lena, Illinois on November 2, 1852. He attended the public schools in Lena and Beloit College. He graduated from Yale College in 1876 and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced the practice of law in Beloit, Kansas. Fowler moved to Cranford, New Jersey in 1883 and to Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1891 and engaged in banking, serving as president of a mortgage company.

Fowler was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for election to the United States Senate in 1910.

Fowler was a member of the Republican State committee from 1898-1907. After leaving Congress, he resumed banking activities at Elizabeth. He also engaged in literary pursuits and operated a group of marble quarries in Vermont. In 1930, he moved to Orange, New Jersey, where he died on May 27, 1932. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.

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Preceded by
James F. Stewart		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903		 Succeeded by
William E. Tuttle, Jr.
Preceded by
John T. Dunn		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 5th congressional district
March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911		 Succeeded by
William H. Wiley