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|resting_place=[[Cremation]]
|resting_place=[[Cremation]]
|spouse=(1) Sue Fowler, later Sue Weaver<br>
|spouse=(1) Sue Fowler, later Sue Weaver<br>
(2) MariAnn Santangelo Fowler (1937-2005)
(2) Mari Ann Santangelo Fowler (1937-2005)
|children=Susannah Fowler Craig<br>Margaret Fowler Abrahams<br>John Marston Fowler<br>
|children=Susannah Fowler Craig<br>Margaret Fowler Abrahams<br>John Marston Fowler<br>
Parents:<br>
Parents:<br>
It was not only a cushy job, it was also the personal possession of a single family. When Long created the post, he promoted the candidacy of a loyal crony, Douglas Fowler, who held it from 1960 until his retirement in 1979. Then Fowler's son, Jerry, a former lineman for the Houston Oilers, took over and won reelection four times.<br>
It was not only a cushy job, it was also the personal possession of a single family. When Long created the post, he promoted the candidacy of a loyal crony, Douglas Fowler, who held it from 1960 until his retirement in 1979. Then Fowler's son, Jerry, a former lineman for the Houston Oilers, took over and won reelection four times.<br>
The odds are the job would still be a Fowler fiefdom if the second occupant of the office had not been caught looting the till in 1999. A legislative auditor found that Jerry Fowler had been taking kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines and occasionally paying friends of his to haul them around even when there was no election scheduled. Fowler was indicted on eight counts of malfeasance in office, entered a guilty plea, and was sentenced to prison for five years<ref name=jwr/></blockquote>
The odds are the job would still be a Fowler fiefdom if the second occupant of the office had not been caught looting the till in 1999. A legislative auditor found that Jerry Fowler had been taking kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines and occasionally paying friends of his to haul them around even when there was no election scheduled. Fowler was indicted on eight counts of malfeasance in office, entered a guilty plea, and was sentenced to prison for five years<ref name=jwr/></blockquote>
==Abduction of Mari Ann Fowler==
==Abduction of Mari Ann Fowler==
During his incarceration, Fowler's second wife, Mari Ann Fowler (born April 12, 1937), disappeared on [[Christmas]] Eve 2002. She was abducted from the parking lot of a fast-food outlet in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, where she had stopped while headed to Beaumont to visit her husband. The abduction was partially photographed by a security camera. Never found, she was declared legally dead by a Louisiana state court judge in May 2004.
During his incarceration, Fowler's second wife, Mari Ann Fowler (born April 12, 1937), disappeared on [[Christmas]] Eve 2002. She was abducted from the parking lot of a fast-food outlet in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, where she had stopped while headed to Beaumont to visit her husband for the holiday. The abduction was partially photographed by a security camera. Never found, she was declared legally dead by a Louisiana state court judge in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3iahu0/the_disappearance_of_mari_ann_fowler/|title=The Disappearance of Mari Ann Fowler|publisher=Redditt.com|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}
At the time she vanished, Mrs. Fowler was an education consultant. A former teacher, she had worked more than a quarter of a century for the Louisiana Department of Education in various capacities, including assistant state superintendent for research and development. She first attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond but received her bachelor's degree in English and speech from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). She also held a master's degree in educational supervision from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and a doctorate in education administration from Nova Southeast University in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]].
At the time she vanished, Mrs. Fowler was an education consultant. A former teacher, she had worked more than a quarter of a century for the Louisiana Department of Education in various capacities, including assistant state superintendent for research and development. She first attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond but received her bachelor's degree in English and speech from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). She also held a master's degree in educational supervision from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and a doctorate in education administration from Nova Southeast University in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]].