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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=William Owen Cowger
| image=William Cowger of KY.jpg
| office=[[United States Representative]] for<br> [[Kentucky]]'s 3rd congressional district
| term_start=January 3, 1967
| term_end=January 3, 1971
| preceded=Charles R. Farnsley
| succeeded=Romano L. Mazzoli
| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Louisville]],<br>Kentucky
| term_start2=December 1961
| term_end2=December 1965
| preceded2=Bruce Hoblitzell
| succeeded2=Kenneth A. Schmied
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=January 1, 1922
| birth_place=Hastings, [[Nebraska]]
| death_date=October 2, 1971 (aged 49)
| death_place=Louisville, Kentucky
| spouse=Cynthia T. Thompson Cowger (died 1995)
| children=David Garvin Cowger (1954-2014)
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| residence=Louisville, Kentucky
| alma_mater=[[Universityi of Louisville]]
| branch=[[United States Navy]]
| rank=Midshipman
| battles=[[World War II]]}}
'''William Owen Cowger''' (January 1, 1922 – October 2, 1971) was a [[Moderate Republican]] [[mayor]] of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]], from 1961 to 1965 and a [[United States Representative]] for the 3rd congressional district for two terms from 1967 to 1971. He died of a fatal illness nine months after leaving the House.<ref name=findagrave>
William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessdate=September 17, 2021.</ref>
Cowger was born in Hastings in Adams County in southeastern [[Nebraska]], but moved to Louisville to study [[political science]] at the [[University of Louisville]]. After other graduate work and military service in [[World War II]], he returned to Louisville and became president of a mortgage loan company. In 1961, Cowger was elected mayor of Louisville for a single four-year term and was then ineligible under state law to have run for reelection in 1965.<ref name=findagrave/>
Cowger was then elected to the U.S. House in 1966, when his party gained forty-seven seats in the mid-term election 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 ...}}</ref>
Cowger unsuccessfully sought re-election in 1970 while dealing with a fatal illness, but was defeated by Democrat Romano L. Mazzoli.<ref name=findagrave/> 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, the Democrat John Yarmuth has been consistently reelected in the district.
Cowger is interred, along with his wife, the former Cynthia T. Thompson, and son, John Garvin Cowger (1954-2014), at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
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[[Category:Business People]]
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[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
| name=William Owen Cowger
| image=William Cowger of KY.jpg
| office=[[United States Representative]] for<br> [[Kentucky]]'s 3rd congressional district
| term_start=January 3, 1967
| term_end=January 3, 1971
| preceded=Charles R. Farnsley
| succeeded=Romano L. Mazzoli
| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Louisville]],<br>Kentucky
| term_start2=December 1961
| term_end2=December 1965
| preceded2=Bruce Hoblitzell
| succeeded2=Kenneth A. Schmied
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=January 1, 1922
| birth_place=Hastings, [[Nebraska]]
| death_date=October 2, 1971 (aged 49)
| death_place=Louisville, Kentucky
| spouse=Cynthia T. Thompson Cowger (died 1995)
| children=David Garvin Cowger (1954-2014)
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| residence=Louisville, Kentucky
| alma_mater=[[Universityi of Louisville]]
| branch=[[United States Navy]]
| rank=Midshipman
| battles=[[World War II]]}}
'''William Owen Cowger''' (January 1, 1922 – October 2, 1971) was a [[Moderate Republican]] [[mayor]] of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]], from 1961 to 1965 and a [[United States Representative]] for the 3rd congressional district for two terms from 1967 to 1971. He died of a fatal illness nine months after leaving the House.<ref name=findagrave>
William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessdate=September 17, 2021.</ref>
Cowger was born in Hastings in Adams County in southeastern [[Nebraska]], but moved to Louisville to study [[political science]] at the [[University of Louisville]]. After other graduate work and military service in [[World War II]], he returned to Louisville and became president of a mortgage loan company. In 1961, Cowger was elected mayor of Louisville for a single four-year term and was then ineligible under state law to have run for reelection in 1965.<ref name=findagrave/>
Cowger was then elected to the U.S. House in 1966, when his party gained forty-seven seats in the mid-term election 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 ...}}</ref>
Cowger unsuccessfully sought re-election in 1970 while dealing with a fatal illness, but was defeated by Democrat Romano L. Mazzoli.<ref name=findagrave/> 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, the Democrat John Yarmuth has been consistently reelected in the district.
Cowger is interred, along with his wife, the former Cynthia T. Thompson, and son, John Garvin Cowger (1954-2014), at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowger, William O.}}
[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Nebraska]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]