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Senate Years of Service: 1987-1993 Party: Democrat
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FOWLER, Wyche, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga.,
October 6, 1940; attended the public schools; graduated, Davidson College 1962;
graduated, Emory University School of Law 1969; served as a United States Army
intelligence officer 1963-1964; chief of staff for Representative Charles
Weltner 1965-1966; attorney 1969-1977; Atlanta board of aldermen 1970-1973;
president, Atlanta city council 1974-1977; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-fifth Congress on April 5, 1977, by special election, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Young; reelected to the four
succeeding Congresses (April 6, 1977-January 3, 1987); was not a candidate for
reelection to the House of Representatives in 1986, but was elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986; defeated for reelection on
November 11, 1992, general election runoff and served from January 3, 1987, to
January 3, 1993; appointed Senate liaison to the Federal Election Commission
1993; resigned as FEC liaison and resumed the practice of law in 1993; U.S.
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia 1997-2001; is a resident of Atlanta, Ga.
BibliographyBroder, David S., Wyche Fowler, Jr., et al. What We Ought to
Know About Our National Legislature. In Understanding Congress:
Research Perspectives, edited by Roger Davidson and Richard C. Sachs,
pp. 35-58. U.S. Congress. House. 101st Cong., 2d sess. H.Doc.100-241.
Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1991.
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