[1][3] Fowler's district centered on his native Union County, New Jersey.

[citation needed] From 1903 to 1911, the district was redrawn to instead include Morris and Warren counties.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for election to the United States Senate in 1910.

[1] He narrowly lost the Republican nomination to Governor Edward C. Stokes in the state's first direct primary election.

He was a member of the committee on foreign affairs and wrote a bill to establish a tariff commission.

He also engaged in literary pursuits and operated a group of marble quarries in Vermont.