J. Samuel Fowler
J. Samuel Fowler (June 15, 1874 in Harmony, Chautauqua County, New York – 1961) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Rev. Dexter S. Fowler (1839–1908) and Annettie (Losee) Fowler. He attended Sherman Union School, and graduated from Jamestown High School. He began to study law in the office of Walter L. Sessions in 1893, graduated from Albany Law School in 1895, was admitted to the bar in 1896, and practiced in Jamestown and Panama. On December 7, 1898, he married Velma Steward (1874–1955), and their only child was Donald Steward Fowler. Fowler entered politics as a Republican, and was instrumental in 1895 in securing the nomination of Jerome Babcock in the 1st Chautauqua Assembly district. In 1896, he joined the Free Silver Republicans, a minority faction opposed to the large majority of Republicans who supported the Gold standard. He was Supervisor of the Town of Harmony from 1896 to 1899, elected on a Republican/Democratic fusion ticket. In 1898, he was nominated by the Republican 1st Chautauqua district convention on the 51st ballot for the State Assembly. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Chautauqua Co., 1st D.) in