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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles Newell FOWLER
(1852-1932)
FOWLER, Charles Newell, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Lena, Stephenson County,
Ill., November 2, 1852; attended the public schools in Lena, Ill.,
and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.; was graduated from Yale College
in 1876 and from Chicago Law School in 1878; was admitted to the
bar in 1878 and commenced the practice of law in Beloit, Kans.;
moved to Cranford, N.J., in 1883 and to Elizabeth in 1891 and
engaged in banking, serving as president of a mortgage company;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911); chairman,
Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for nomination for election to
the United States Senate in 1910; member of the Republican State
committee 1898-1907; resumed banking activities at Elizabeth, N.J.;
also engaged in literary pursuits and operated a group of marble
quarries in Vermont; in 1930 moved to Orange, N.J., where he died
May 27, 1932; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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