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| name=William Owen Cowger

| name=William Owen Cowger

| image=William Cowger of KY.jpg

| image=William Cowger of KY.jpg

| office=[[United States Representative]] for<br> [[Kentucky]]'s 3rd congressional district

| office=[[United States Representative]] for<br> [[Kentucky]]'s 3rd Congressional District

| term_start=January 3, 1967

| term_start=January 3, 1967

| term_end=January 3, 1971

| term_end=January 3, 1971

| preceded=Charles R. Farnsley

| preceded=Charles R. Farnsley

| succeeded=Romano L. Mazzoli

| succeeded=Romano L. Mazzoli

| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Louisville]],<br>Kentucky

| office2=[[Mayor]] of [[Louisville]], Kentucky

| term_start2=December 1961

| term_start2=December 1961

| term_end2=December 1965

| term_end2=December 1965

| branch=[[United States Navy]]

| branch=[[United States Navy]]

| rank=Midshipman

| rank=Midshipman

| battles=[[World War II]]}}

| battles=[[World War II]]

}}

'''William Owen Cowger''' (January 1, 1922 &ndash; 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>

'''William Owen Cowger''' (January 1, 1922 &ndash; October 2, 1971), also known as '''Bill Cowger''',<ref>Runyon, Keith (February 5, 2017). [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/remembering-sen-marlow-co_b_9167644 Remembering Sen. Marlow Cook: One of Kentucky’s last moderate Republicans]. ''Huffington Post''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> 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 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/>