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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 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 then won the U.S. House seat in November 1966, 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 ...}}</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 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.