Max L. Bowler (March 9, 1881–April 26, 1949) was an American politician and businessman. Bowler was born in

Edwardsville, Illinois Edwardsville is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Illinois, and is a suburb of St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri ...

. In 1883, he moved with his family to East St. Louis, Illinois. Bowler went to the East St. Louis public schools and took commercial training at Perkins and Herpel Business School in St. Louis,

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. Bowler was involved with the livestock business at the National Stock Yards in Illinois. He served on the St. Clair Board of Supervisors and was a Republican. Bowler was served in the

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in 1941 and 1942. He died at his home in East St. Louis, Illinois from heart disease.'Former Solon Dies,' The Decatur Herald (Illinois), April 27, 1949, pg. 1

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1881 births 1949 deaths People from East St. Louis, Illinois People from Edwardsville, Illinois American cattlemen Businesspeople from Illinois County board members in Illinois Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American legislators 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century Illinois politicians {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub