Orin Fowler (July 29, 1791 – September 3, 1852) was a
U.S. Representative and
anti-smoking activist from
Massachusetts
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.
Biography
Born in
Lebanon, Connecticut, Fowler pursued classical studies and attended Williams College,
Williamstown, Massachusetts.
He graduated from
Yale College
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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
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, tenth-largest city in the state, and the second- ...
, 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
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.
Anti-smoking
Fowler was a leading opponent of tobacco-smoking.
[Hirschfelder, Arlene B. (1999). ''Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco''. Oryx Press. p. 17. ] 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)
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1791 births
1852 deaths
Anti-smoking activists
People from Lebanon, Connecticut
Williams College alumni
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Massachusetts state senators
Politicians from Fall River, Massachusetts
Yale College alumni
19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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