James Alexander Fowler
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Fowler (right) with Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty in 1922
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James Alexander Fowler February 22, 1863 Knox County, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | November 18, 1955 (aged 92) Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Education | East Tennessee Wesleyan University, LL.D. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Hornsby |
| Children | Harriet, Harley, Hornsby, James, Jr., Edward, Samuel |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Fowler and Mary Conner |
James Alexander Fowler (February 22, 1863 – November 18, 1955) was an American lawyer who served in various capacities as an Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General from 1908 to 1914, and from 1921 to 1926. In this role, he either argued or prepared briefs for several notable Supreme Court cases, and was active in the organization of the shortly-lived Commerce Court. Fowler was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1898 as well as for U.S. Senator in 1928. He served one term as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1927 to 1929.
Fowler was born at Bull Run Crossing in rural Knox County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph and Mary Conner Fowler. He attended the Holston Seminary in New Market, Tennessee, and obtained his law degree from East Tennessee Wesleyan University (now Tennessee Wesleyan College) in 1884. He then moved to Clinton, Tennessee, and worked as principal of Clinton High School for about a year. He was admitted to the bar in 1886, and commenced the practice of law in Anderson County and surrounding counties.
Fowler received the Republican Party nomination for Governor in 1898.Democrats dominated most statewide elections during this period, and Fowler was easily defeated in the general election, managing to garner just 39.8% of the vote.
In 1899, Fowler formed a law partnership, Lucky, Sanford and Fowler, with C.E. Lucky and future Supreme Court justice Edward Terry Sanford. He moved to Knoxville two years later. In 1907, Fowler served as a special prosecutor during the high-profile trial of James Fulton, an attorney accused of killing fellow attorney and University of Tennessee football standout, Sam Parker.
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