Background
Fowler, James Alexander was born on February 22, 1863 in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Mary (Connor) Fowler.
Fowler, James Alexander was born on February 22, 1863 in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Mary (Connor) Fowler.
Graduate E. Tennessee Wesleyan University (now University of Chattanooga), 1884, Doctor of Laws, 1910.
Tutor, E. Tennessee Wesleyan University, 1884-1885. Principal Clinton High School, 1885-1886. Admitted to bar, 1886, and since in practice at Clinton and Knoxville, Tennessee Presidential elector, 1896.
Republican nominee for government Tennessee, 1898. Assistant attorney general United States, 1908-1911. Assistant to attorney general, United States, May 15, 1911-July 31, 1913.
Special assistant to attorney general August 1913-June 1914, and March 9, 1921-September 30, 1926. Mayor of Knoxville, 1927-1929. Republican nominee for United States Senate, 1928.
Delegate Republican National Convention, 1932. Member Republican Program Committee, 1938. Delaware Mechanical Engineering General Conference, 1896.
Trustee University of Tennessee, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1928-1948 (president of the board). Home: 3311 Broadway N.E. Office: Hamilton Bank Building, Knoxville, Tenn.
Member Republican Program Committee, 1938. Delaware Mechanical Engineering General Conference, 1896.
Married Lucy Ellen Hornsby, May 28, 1885. Children: Harriet Vivian (Mistress Rowntree), Harley Grey, Hornsby Joseph, James Alexander, Edward Cornelius, Samuel Francis.