John Fowler (politician)

John Fowler (* April 27, 1756 in Chesterfield County, Virginia; † August 22, 1840 in Lexington, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1807, he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Fowler attended the public schools of his home. After that he was during the Revolutionary War captain in the Virginia militia. After the war he began a career in politics. In 1787 he was a member of staffindenden in Danville Assembly, has already been discussed at the on the creation of the new state of Kentucky. That same year, Fowler was a member of the House of Representatives of Virginia. He also sat on that Commission, which ratified the Constitution of the United States for the state of Virginia. Then Fowler moved to Lexington, which is now established in the 1792 State of Kentucky is located.

Fowler was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1796, he was elected in the second district of Kentucky to what was then still in Philadelphia meets on U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Christopher Greenup on March 4, 1797. This district he represented until March 3, 1803. At the elections of 1802 Fowler was elected to Congress again in the then newly created fifth district. This he represented until March 3, 1807. During his ten years in Congress, he experienced the government's move to Washington DC In 1803 the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. 1804 the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Fowler withdrew from politics. Between 1814 and 1822 he was postmaster in Lexington. In addition, he ran there a rest home called " Fowler 's Gardens ". John Fowler died on August 22, 1840 in Lexington.