Tillie Kidd FOWLER, Congress, FL (1942-2005)
FOWLER, Tillie Kidd, a Representative from Florida; born in Atlanta, Ga., December 23, 1942; A.B., Emory University, 1964; J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1967; admitted to the bar in 1967; legislative assistant to Representative Robert G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-1970; deputy general counsel and general counsel, Office of Consumer Affairs, The White House, 1970-1971; president, Junior League of Jacksonville, 1982-1983; member, Jacksonville City Council, 1985-1992, president, 1989-1990; chairman, Florida Endowment for the Humanities, 1989-1991; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventh Congress; appointed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense Detention Operations, 2004; died on March 2, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla.
Bibliography
âTillie Kidd Fowlerâ in Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2006.Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
