Date Died: April 7, 1891

Place Buried: Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC

Occupation: Lawyer

Daniel Gould Fowle (13 March 1831–7 April 1891) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1889 to 1891.

Daniel Gould Fowle was a native of Washington in Beaufort County, attended the Bingham School in Hillsborough, and graduated from Princeton. Following his study of the law and admission to the NC Bar, he practiced law, served in the legislature, and was a second lieutenant in the Raleigh Rifles. As a member of the Thirty-first Regiment of the Confederate Army, he was captured at Roanoke Island in 1862. Following his parole, he served in the House of Commons twice, was major general in the adjutant general's department, and was a superior court judge. In 1867, he resigned from the judgeship to avoid obeying orders of the military governor of North and South Carolina.

In 1888, he ran as a Liberal Democrat for the office of governor. When elected, he faced a legislature favorable to farmers and resentful of the influence of the railroads. Fowle believed in the value of the railroads and favored expansion of miles of tracks. To resolve the conflicts, he recommended the creation of a railroad commission. In 1891, he died while in office. He is buried in historic Oakwood Cemetery.

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