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'''Hendrix Marion Fowler, Sr.''', known as '''Mutt Fowler''' (February 13, 1918 – September 16, 2014), was a [[politician]] and [[business]]man who served from 1953 to 1972 as [[mayor]] of the small town of Coushatta in [[rural]] Red River Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]], as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1986, and later as the executive director of the [[Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)|Sabine River]] Authority.
'''Hendrix Marion Fowler, Sr.''', known as '''Mutt Fowler''' (February 13, 1918 – September 16, 2014), was a [[politician]] and [[business]]man who served from 1953 to 1972 as [[mayor]] of the small town of Coushatta in [[rural]] Red River Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]], as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1986, and later as the executive director of the Sabine River Authority.
Fowler's public career ended in [[indictment]] and a [[plea bargain]] for the circumvention of state bid laws and dissatisfaction over his having allocated scarce public monies on low-priority projects. He served forty-five days in the Sabine Parish Jail. Fowler was the third member of a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] political dynasty that also included two Louisiana state elections commissioners, the second of whom was indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for [[bribery]] and [[income tax evasion]].<ref name=newspapers>''The Shreveport Times,'' March 8, 1986; March 10, 31, 1989; May 22, 1990; October 15, 1992.</ref>
Fowler's public career ended in [[indictment]] and a [[plea bargain]] for the circumvention of state bid laws and dissatisfaction over his having allocated scarce public monies on low-priority projects. He served forty-five days in the Sabine Parish Jail. Fowler was the third member of a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] political dynasty that also included two Louisiana state elections commissioners, the second of whom was indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for [[bribery]] and [[income tax]] evasion.<ref name=newspapers>''The Shreveport Times,'' March 8, 1986; March 10, 31, 1989; May 22, 1990; October 15, 1992.</ref>
==The Fowler dynasty==
==The Fowler dynasty==