aide. Fowler eventually rose to vice-chairwoman of the House Republican Conference (caucus), the number-five position among House Republicans (behind the Speaker, Majority Leader, Majority Whip and Republican Conference chair). This led her to broach the possibility of running for a fifth term in 2000. She came under considerable fire from term limits proponents. One group ran ads in Jacksonville calling her "Slick Tillie," a play on Clinton's nickname of "Slick Willie." Eventually, she decided to honor her original pledge and did not run for reelection in 2000. Personal life She married L. Buck Fowler in 1968. They had two daughters, Tillie Anne and Elizabeth. Later career Following her tenure in Congress, Fowler joined the prominent Washington law firm Holland & Knight as a partner. She also served as an advisor to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on operational issues. She frequently lobbied her former colleagues on behalf of Jacksonville during debate over military base realignment and closures. In addition, she chaired the Department of Defense panel responsible for investigating the 2003 United States Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal. In 2001, Fowler was appointed by Congress to the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry. Death and legacy Fowler died on March 2, 2005, of a brain hemorrhage in a hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. See also Women in the United States House of Representatives References External links Holland & Knight Partner and Former U.S. Representative Tillie K. Fowler Dies Biographical Directory of Congress Entry Tillie Fowler: A Tribute Washington Post story on Fowler's death |- |- 1942 births 2005 deaths Female members of the United States House of Representatives Florida city council members Florida Democrats Florida lawyers Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Jacksonville, Florida City Council members People from Milledgeville, Georgia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida 20th-century American politicians Women city councillors in Florida 20th-century American women politicians Holland & Knight people Salem Academy alumni Emory University School of Law alumni Emory University alumni 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American women