William Fowler (1815 – October 10, 1862) (Brothertown Indian) was a politician from Calumet County, Wisconsin, who served as a Representative in the 1845 session of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory. He was elected as Wisconsin's first Native American legislator. In 1856 he was elected as County Treasurer of Calumet County. He enlisted while in his 40s in the Union Army during the Civil War; died in 1862 as a result of wounds suffered while fighting as a Union soldier.
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10 October 1862 (aged 47)
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