Orin Fowler

American politician

Orin Fowler

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852
Preceded by	Artemas Hale
Succeeded by	Edward P. Little

Personal details
Born	(1791-07-29)July 29, 1791 Lebanon, Connecticut
Died	September 3, 1852(1852-09-03) (aged 61) Washington, D.C.
Profession	minister

Orin Fowler (July 29, 1791 – September 3, 1852) was a U.S. Representative and anti-smoking activist from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Fowler pursued classical studies and attended Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College in 1814. He studied theology and pursued extensive missionary work in the Valley of the Mississippi. Finally settled as a minister in Plainfield, Connecticut, in 1820. He moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1829, where he was installed as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1831. Wrote a history of Fall River in 1841. He served in the State senate in 1848.

Fowler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1852. He was interred in the North Burial Ground, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Anti-smoking

Fowler was a leading opponent of tobacco-smoking.^[1]^[2] In 1842, he authored A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco.

Selected publications

A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco (1842)
History of Fall River: With notices of Freetown and Tiverton (1862)

References

United States Congress. "Orin Fowler (id: F000325)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

^ Robert, Joseph C. (1949). The Story of Tobacco in America. New York: A. A. Knopf. p. 107
^ Hirschfelder, Arlene B. (1999). Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco. Oryx Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781573562027

External links

Works by Orin Fowler at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Orin Fowler at Internet Archive

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Artemas Hale	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1849 – September 3, 1852	Succeeded by Edward P. Little