David Fowler
Fowler speaking at a Putnam County Right to Life meeting in Cookeville in January 2012
BornJune 30, 1958
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga
OccupationPolitician
Political partyRepublican
Children1

David Fowler (born 1958) is an American politician and a former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 11th district, which comprises part of Hamilton County.

Early life

David Fowler was born on June 30, 1958, in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1] He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a B.S. in 1980, and with a J.D. from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1983.[1]

Career

Fowler practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1] taught Law and Government at Bryan College for four years.[1]

Fowler was a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate from the 99th Tennessee General Assembly until the 104th, representing Signal Mountain, Tennessee.[2]

Fowler is the president of the Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT), an organization associated with the Focus on the Family.[1][2] Upon retiring as state senator in 2006, he donated US$20,000 to FACT.[2] A decade later, in 2016, Fowler staged a rally outside the Tennessee State Capitol in favor of an anti-transgender bathroom bill.[3]

Personal life

Fowler is married, and he has a child.[1] He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Controversy

In 2018 bill banning 'child brides' is scuttled in Tennessee House after Fowler objects.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Staff". Family Action Committee of Tennessee. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Jones, Jerry (October 24, 2006). "Retiring state senator gives his new non-profit $20,000". Out & About Newspaper. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Sher, Andy (April 18, 2016). "TN conservative pastors rally, pray in support of transgender student bathroom bill". Times Free Press. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gstalter, Morgan (2018-03-08). "Tennessee GOP kill bill to ban child marriage". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. ↑ Horan, Kyle (2018-03-08). "Tennessee Panel Kills Bill To Outlaw Child Marriage". WTVF. Retrieved 2018-03-08.


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