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 September 3, 1852(1852-09-03) (aged 61)
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.

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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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