Orin Fowler

Orin Fowler ( born July 29, 1791 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, † September 3, 1852 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1852 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Orin Fowler enjoyed a good basic education and then completed the Williams College in Massachusetts. Then he studied until 1814 at Yale College. After studying theology, he was active in mission along the Mississippi River. In 1820 he moved to Plainfield, where he worked as a priest until 1829. Then he settled in Fall River (Massachusetts ), where he was pastor of the Congregational Church. In 1841 he wrote a historical treatise on the history of the city of Fall River. Politically, Fowler joined the Whig party to. In 1848 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Fowler was selected in the ninth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Artemas Hale on March 4, 1849. After a re-election, he could remain until his death on September 3, 1852 in Congress. This period was dominated by discussions about slavery. In 1850 was found with the Compromise of 1850 a controversial temporary solution.