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{{short description|American politician}}

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| state               =[[Massachusetts]]
| district            =[[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district|9th]]
|predecessor=[[Artemas Hale]]
|successor=[[Edward P. Little]]
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| birth_date          ={{Birth date |1791|7|29}}
| birth_place         =[[Lebanon, Connecticut]]
| death_date={{death date and age|1852|9|3|1791|7|29}}
| death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]]
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| term_start          = March 4, 1849
| term_end            = September 3, 1852
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'''Orin Fowler''' (July 29, 1791 – September 3, 1852) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] and [[Tobacco control|anti-smoking activist]] from [[Massachusetts]].

==Biography==

Born in [[Lebanon, Connecticut]], Fowler pursued classical studies and attended Williams College, [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]].
He graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1814.
He studied theology and pursued extensive missionary work in the Valley of the Mississippi.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Finally settled as a minister in [[Plainfield, Connecticut]], in 1820.
He moved to [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], in 1829, where he was installed as pastor of the Congregational Church in 1831.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Wrote a history of Fall River in 1841.
He served in the State senate in 1848.

Fowler was elected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[31st United States Congress|Thirty-first]] and [[32nd United States Congress|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]].

==Anti-smoking==

Fowler was a leading opponent of tobacco-smoking.<ref>Robert, Joseph C. (1949). ''The Story of Tobacco in America''. New York: A. A. Knopf. p. 107</ref><ref>Hirschfelder, Arlene B. (1999). ''Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco''. Oryx Press. p. 17. {{ISBN|9781573562027}}</ref> In 1842, he authored ''A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco''.

==Selected publications==

*[https://archive.org/details/101151427.nlm.nih.gov ''A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco''] (1842)
*[https://archive.org/details/historyoffallriv1862fowl ''History of Fall River: With notices of Freetown and Tiverton''] (1862)

==See also==
*[[List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author |id=Fowler,+Orin | name=Orin Fowler}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Orin Fowler}}

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