Samuel Fowler (1779–1844)

Samuel Fowler (* October 30, 1779 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, † February 20, 1844 in Franklin, New Jersey ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the State of New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Fowler attended the Montgomery Academy and then studied at the Pennsylvania Medical College medicine. After his were made in 1800, medical license, he started in Hamburg (New Jersey) to work in this profession. He later moved to Franklin. Since the 1820s, Fowler was politically active as a supporter of Andrew Jackson. He was a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this. In 1827 he sat in the State Council, the forerunner of the Senate of New Jersey.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Fowler was in the second electoral district of New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lewis Condict on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. It was then discussed within and outside the Congress vehemently about the politics of Andrew Jackson. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Fowler worked in the zinc mining. He was also a director and owner of the company Franklin Furnace Iron Works. He was also involved in many scientific publications. He discovered the mineral named after him Fowlerit. Samuel Fowler died on 20 February 1844 in Franklin. His grandson, who was also named Samuel Fowler, belonged from 1889 to 1889 also the Congress on.