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Line 39: − + + + + + − The youngest of the three Fowler brothers, "Mutt" graduated in 1937 from the former Martin High School in the Martin community in Red River Parish and attended [[Northwestern State University]] in nearby [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He left college in March 1941 to enter the [[United States Army]]. With service during [[World War II]], he attained the rank of [[sergeant]] and was assigned to a special group of soldiers to establish convalescent hospitals for injured military personnel on Army bases in five states. Fowler received orders to head to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations, but they were soon cancelled because of the historic ''[[Enola Gay]]'' [[atomic bomb]] flight over [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]].<ref name=obit/>+ − − Fowler worked for his brother, John R. Fowler (1912-1990), in the latter's drug store in Coushatta but subsequently in 1956 became an [[insurance agent]]. He turned over the insurance firm in 1982 to his son, H. M. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (born December 6, 1943). He delivered papers for ''The Shreveport Times'' and was the Red River Parish agent for the Shreveport Production Credit Association.<ref name=obit/> Fowler in 1953 became mayor of Coushatta to succeed his brother, Douglas, and served for nineteen years. In the 1971-1972 election cycle, which brought [[Edwin Edwards]] to the governorship, he was elected to the legislature, in which he remained for fourteen years. In his last election in 1983, he defeated two intra-party rivals, "Dickie" Alexander and Ray Dyess. Fowler resigned from the House on April 1, 1986, to become executive director of the Sabine River Authority, a port commission on the Louisiana-[[Texas]] border governed by an 11-member board based in Many in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana. −
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==The Fowler dynasty==
==The Fowler dynasty==
Fowler was born to Angus Jesse Fowler and the former Zula Fair in the Holly Springs community near Coushatta,<ref name=obit/> forty miles south of [[Shreveport]]. He had two brothers and two sisters. His older brother, [[Douglas Fowler]], was elected three times as the Red River Parish clerk of court (1940–1952) and later served two years as Coushatta's mayor from 1952 to 1954. Douglas Fowler was elected as "custodian of voting machines" in the 1959-1960 Louisiana state election cycle and served until December 31, 1979, when ill health forced him to retire. His title had been changed under a new state constitution to "elections commissioner" effective with his last term, which began in 1976.
Fowler was born to Angus Jesse Fowler and the former Zula Fair in the Holly Springs community near Coushatta,<ref name=obit/> forty miles south of [[Shreveport]]. He had two brothers and two sisters. His older brother, [[Douglas Fowler]], was elected three times as the Red River Parish clerk of court (1940–1952) and later served two years as Coushatta's mayor from 1952 to 1954. Douglas Fowler was elected as "custodian of voting machines" in the 1959-1960 Louisiana state election cycle and served until December 31, 1979, when ill health forced him to retire. His title had been changed under a new state constitution to "elections commissioner" effective with his last term, which began in 1976.
Douglas Fowler was succeeded as elections commissioner by his younger son, H. M.'s nephew, [[Jerry Fowler|Jerry Marston Fowler]], who, like his father, was elected five times. Jerry Fowler lost the nonpartisan blanket primary with a third-place finish, amid allegations of impropriety which surfaced in the campaign. Suzanne Haik Terrell then defeated fellow Republican [[Woody Jenkins]] in November 1999, to claim the position. Jerry Fowler was thereafter indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for bribery and income tax evasion in connection with his official duties. Nevertheless, both Fowlers served in the elections position for a combination of just over four decades.
Douglas Fowler was succeeded as elections commissioner by his younger son, H. M.'s nephew, [[Jerry Fowler|Jerry Marston Fowler]], who, like his father, was elected five times. Jerry Fowler lost the nonpartisan blanket primary with a third-place finish, amid allegations of impropriety which surfaced in the campaign. Suzanne Haik Terrell then defeated fellow Republican [[Woody Jenkins]] in November 1999, to claim the position. Jerry Fowler was thereafter indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for bribery and income tax evasion in connection with his official duties. Nevertheless, both Fowlers served in the elections position for a combination of just over four decades.
The youngest of the three Fowler brothers, "Mutt" graduated in 1937 from the former Martin High School in the Martin community in Red River Parish and attended [[Northwestern State University]] in nearby [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He left college in March 1941 to enter the [[United States Army]]. With service during [[World War II]], he attained the rank of [[sergeant]] and was assigned to a special group of soldiers to establish convalescent hospitals for injured military personnel on Army bases in five states. Fowler received orders to head to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations, but they were soon cancelled because of the historic ''[[Enola Gay]]'' [[atomic bomb]] flight over [[Hiroshima]], [[Japan]].<ref name=obit/>
Fowler worked for his brother, John R. Fowler (1912-1990), in the latter's drug store in Coushatta but subsequently in 1956 became an [[insurance]] agent. He turned over the insurance firm in 1982 to his son, H. M. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (born December 6, 1943). He delivered papers for ''The Shreveport Times'' and was the Red River Parish agent for the Shreveport Production Credit Association.<ref name=obit/> Fowler in 1953 became mayor of Coushatta to succeed his brother, Douglas, and served for nineteen years. In the 1971-1972 election cycle, which brought [[Edwin Edwards]] to the governorship, he was elected to the legislature, in which he remained for fourteen years. In his last election in 1983, he defeated two intra-party rivals, "Dickie" Alexander and Ray Dyess. Fowler resigned from the House on April 1, 1986, to become executive director of the Sabine River Authority, a port commission on the Louisiana-[[Texas]] border governed by an 11-member board based in Many in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana.
==Troubles with Sabine River Authority==
==Troubles with Sabine River Authority==