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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseySamuel FOWLER
(1779-1844)
FOWLER, Samuel,
(grandfather of Samuel Fowler [1851-1919]), a Representative from
New Jersey; born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., October 30,
1779; attended the Montgomery Academy; studied medicine at the
Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., and commenced
practice in Hamburg, N.J., in 1800; moved to Franklin, N.J.; member
of the State council in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3,
1837); was the discoverer of fowlerite, a rare mineral named in his
honor, and of franklinite, named by him; owned and developed the
zinc mines at Franklin, Sussex County; owned and conducted the
Franklin Furnace Iron Works; was a frequent contributor to numerous
scientific publications; died in Franklin, N.J., February 20, 1844;
interment in North Church Cemetery, Hardyston Township, near
Hamburg, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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