Chester A. Fowler Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Chester A. Fowler
Image Name:Chester A. Fowler (8254108354) (1).jpg
Caption:Fowler circa 1940
Office:Justice of the
Term Start:December 1929
Term End:April 8, 1948
Appointer:Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
Predecessor:Aad J. Vinje
Successor:John E. Martin
Office1:Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
Term Start1:January 1, 1905
Term End1:December 1929
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Clayton F. Van Pelt
Birth Name:Chester Almeron Fowler
Birth Date:24 December 1862
Birth Place:Rubicon, Wisconsin
Death Place:Madison, Wisconsin
Restingplace:Forest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Father:Franklin Dwight Fowler
Mother:Maria Antoinette (Cole) Fowler
Alma Mater:University of Wisconsin

Chester Almeron Fowler (December 24, 1862April 8, 1948) was an American judge in the state of Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 19 years of his life, after serving 25 years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge.

Biography

Fowler was born Chester Almeron Fowler to Franklin Dwight and Maria Fowler in Rubicon, Wisconsin.[1] On May 30, 1892, he married Carrie J. Smith. He graduated from what is now the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and taught school. He studied law in Iowa and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He then practiced law in Omaha, Nebraska, until returning to Wisconsin with his law partner.[2]

Career

Fowler was a circuit judge in Wisconsin from 1905 to 1929. He was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court at the end of 1929 to replace the deceased Chief Justice Aad J. Vinje. The following spring, he won election to the remainder of the term and was re-elected twice more before dying in office in 1948.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Supreme Court (1916)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1916

Wisconsin Supreme Court (1930, 1931, 1941)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 1930

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 7, 1931

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 1941

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fowler.
  2. Web site: Wisconsin Court System - Chester A. Fowler . 2010-07-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609181400/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/fowler.htm . 2010-06-09 .