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===U.S. House of Representatives===

===U.S. House of Representatives===

Cowger won a U.S. House seat in November 1966,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=150034 KY District 3 Race - Nov 08, 1966]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> when his party gained forty-seven seats in the mid-term elections under [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Cowger voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1968 proposed by President Johnson to halt racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>  

Cowger won a U.S. House seat in November 1966,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=150034 KY District 3 Race - Nov 08, 1966]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> when his party gained forty-seven seats in the [[1966 Midterm Elections|midterm elections that year]] during the presidency of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Cowger voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1968 proposed by President Johnson to halt racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>  

Despite having been bolstered by Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]],<ref name=agnew/> Cowger's re-election bid in 1970 while dealing with a fatal illness was unsuccessful, very narrowly losing the general election to Democrat Romano L. Mazzoli.<ref name=findagrave/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=53949 KY District 3 Race - Nov 03, 1970]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> Cowger was the last Republican representative for the 3rd district seat until [[educator]] Ann Meagher Northup (born 1948) held the seat for the decade from 1997 to 2007. Since that time, Democrat [[John Yarmuth]] has been consistently re-elected in the district.

Despite having been bolstered by Vice President [[Spiro Agnew]],<ref name=agnew/> Cowger's re-election bid in 1970 while dealing with a fatal illness was unsuccessful, very narrowly losing the general election to Democrat Romano L. Mazzoli.<ref name=findagrave/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=53949 KY District 3 Race - Nov 03, 1970]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> Cowger was the last Republican representative for the 3rd district seat until [[educator]] Ann Meagher Northup (born 1948) held the seat for the decade from 1997 to 2007. Since that time, Democrat [[John Yarmuth]] has been consistently re-elected in the district.