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Charles A. Fowler

Fowler was born on May 10, 1832, in Cold Spring, New York.^[1]

Fowler attended the American Seminary in Dutchess County. When he was 16, he entered Yale College. He had to drop out in 1851, a year before he would have graduated, due to poor health. He then studied law under Azor TaborinAlbany and studied at Albany Law School. He was a member of the first class of the school, became the oldest living graduate by the time he died, and served as president of the Alumni Association in 1885. In 1853, a day before his 21st birthday, he was admitted to the bar. He then practiced law in Chicago, Illinois, for the next few years. In 1859, he opened a law office in New York City and formed a partnership with Alfred Conkling. In 1864, he moved to Ellenville and opened a successful law practice there.^[2]

Fowler served as Surrogate of Ulster County from 1868 to 1872. In 1879, he was elected to the New York State Senate as a Democrat, representing New York's 14th State Senate district (Ulster, Schoharie, and Greene Counties). He served in the Senate in 1880^[3] and 1881. At some point prior to his election to the Senate, he moved to Kingston.^[4]

Fowler was a member, vestryman, and warden of St. John's Episcopal Church. In 1853, he married Hannah M. Warren, daughter of Cornelius Warren. They had two surviving sons, Cornelius W. and Everett. Everett worked as a law partner with his father for several years under the firm name C. A. & E. Fowler.^[2]

Fowler died in Dr. C. O. Sahler's sanitarium in Kingston, where he was for some time, on February 7, 1896.^[5] He was buried in Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston.

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