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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 position of state elections commissioner.<br>
(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 position of state elections commissioner.<br>
(2) Fowler benefited from a political dynasty launched by his father, [[Douglas Fowler]], and his uncle, Hendrix M. "Mutt" Fowler, from the small northwestern Louisiana community of Coushatta in Red River Parish.<br>
(2) Fowler benefited from a political dynasty launched by his father, [[Douglas Fowler]], and his uncle, Hendrix M. "Mutt" Fowler, from the small northwestern Louisiana community of Coushatta in Red River Parish.<br>
(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.
(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.
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'''Jerry Marston Fowler''' (April 26, 1940 – January 26, 2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hWiE19AdgaumVlcjb2_qtLO-PbDQ|title=Former NFL lineman Jerry Fowler dies after complications from surgery at 68|date=January 26, 2009|publisher=''The Canadian Press''|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> was a [[Baton Rouge]] [[business]]man 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 Party|Democratic]] political dynasty. He was also a college and professional [[football]] player.
'''Jerry Marston Fowler''' (April 26, 1940 – January 26, 2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hWiE19AdgaumVlcjb2_qtLO-PbDQ|title=Former NFL lineman Jerry Fowler dies after complications from surgery at 68|date=January 26, 2009|publisher=''The Canadian Press''|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> was a [[Baton Rouge]] [[business]]man 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 Party|Democratic]] political dynasty. He was also a college and professional [[football]] player.