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(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 web|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.
Fowler vacated the position in 2000 after twenty years 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, [[Douglas Fowler]],<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref> as Elections Commissioner. Collectively, the Fowlers, who hailed from Coushatta in Red River Parish, served forty-one years in the position, which began under the name, "Custodian of Voting Machines."
Fowler vacated the position in 2000 after twenty years 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, [[Douglas Fowler]],<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref> as Elections Commissioner. Collectively, the Fowlers, who hailed from Coushatta in Red River Parish, served forty-one years in the position, which began under the name, "Custodian of Voting Machines."