Jerry Fowler
| Jerry Fowler | |
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| Louisiana Elections Commissioner | |
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In office 1980–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Wiley Douglas Fowler, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Haik Terrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jerry Marston Fowler April 26, 1940 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 26, 2009 (aged 68) Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Sue Fowler, now Sue Weaver (2) MariAnn Santangelo Fowler (1937-2005) |
| Relations | H. M. Fowler (uncle) |
| Children | Susannah Fowler Craig Margaret Fowler Abrahams John Marston Fowler |
| Parents | Douglas Fowler (1906-1980), and Abbie Marston Fowler (1906-1976) |
| Alma mater | Northwestern State University |
| Occupation | Businessman; Politician; Athlete |
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(1) After a brief career as a professional football player for the Houston Oilers, Fowler rode to political success in Louisiana as his father's successor in the former elected office of state elections commissioner. (2) Fowler benefited from a political dynasty launched by his father, Douglas Fowler, and his uncle, H. M. Fowler, from the small northwestern Louisiana community of Coushatta. (3) While he was imprisoned for bribery and income tax evasion stemming from misconduct in connection with his job duties, Fowler's second wife, MariAnn, was kidnapped and went missing while she was en route to Beaumont, Texas, to visit her husband in prison. She was declared legally dead in 2005. |
(1) After a brief career as a professional football player for the Houston Oilers, Fowler rode to political success in Louisiana as his father's successor in the former elected office of state elections commissioner.
(2) Fowler benefited from a political dynasty launched by his father, Douglas Fowler, and his uncle, H. M. Fowler, from the small northwestern Louisiana community of Coushatta.
Jerry Marston Fowler (April 26, 1940 – January 26, 2009) was a Baton Rouge businessman who served as Louisiana's state Elections Commissioner from 1980 until his defeat in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket primary. He was part of the Fowler family Democratic political dynasty. Fowler vacated the position in 2000 and was thereafter indicted, convicted and imprisoned for bribery and income tax evasion in a scandal that grew out of acceptance of kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines. Fowler succeeded his ailing father, Wiley Douglas Fowler, Sr., as Elections Commissioner. Collectively, the Fowlers, who hailed from Coushatta, the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, served forty-one years in the position, originally called the "Custodian of Voting Machines."
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