Fulfilling what was said to be a lifelong ambition, Mr. Fowler served as national chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. The split duties, with Mr. Fowler running the party’s day-to-day operations and Dodd serving as more of the public face and speech giver, reportedly caused tensions over hiring and other functions. Mr. Fowler was credited with vastly expanding the donor and volunteer base and generating a successful voting drive aimed at African Americans. Mr. Fowler was born in Spartanburg, S.C., on Sept. 12, 1935. Despite any fundraising controversy Mr. Fowler and others stirred during the 1996 election, he told reporters the next year, “We won the election.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2020 17:48 UTC