Fowler, Joseph Smith, 1820-1902

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Birth 1820-08-31
Death 1902-04-01

Biographical notes:

Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) was a Republican senator from Tennessee, 1866-1867, and Washington, D.C., lawyer thereafter.

From the guide to the Joseph Smith Fowler Papers, ., 1863-1902, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Educator, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Tennessee.

From the description of Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1863-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77600180

Republican senator from Tennessee, 1866-1867, and Washington, D.C., lawyer thereafter.

From the description of Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1863-1902 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25031653

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, 1862-1865; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1865-1871; attorney.

From the description of Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1809-1902, bulk 1871-1902. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 26750986

Lawyer, educator; U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1866-1871.

From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to H[enry] C[lay] Whitney, 1867 Dec. 3. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30798424

Biographical Note

1820, Aug. 31 Born, Steubenville, Ohio 1843 Graduated, Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio 1844 Moved to Kentucky Taught school and studied law 1845 1849 Professor of mathematics, Franklin College, Davidson County, Tenn. 1846 Married Maria Louisa Embry 1856 1861 President, Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn. 1861 Moved to Springfield, Ill. 1862 Moved to Nashville, Tenn. State comptroller in military government, Tennessee 1866 1871 United States senator from Tennessee 1866 Delegate, Southern Loyalists' Convention, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 1871 Retired from the United States Senate Returned to Tennessee 1902, Apr. 1 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Joseph Smith Fowler Papers, 1863-1903, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Currency question
  • Johnson, Andrew
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Unionists (United States Civil War)

Occupations:

  • Educators
  • Lawyers
  • Senators, U.S. Congress

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Arkansas (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)

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