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Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856 – July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
OWEN, ROBERT LATHAM (1856–1947). A successful attorney in Indian Territory (I.T.) and a prominent U.S. senator, Robert Latham Owen, Jr., was born on February 2, 1856, in Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of Robert Latham Owen, Sr., a railroad president, and Narcissa Chisholm, part Cherokee and originally from I.T. Owen attended preparatory schools ...
Artwork Description. Robert Latham Owen was born in Virginia in 1856. After graduating from Washington and Lee University, he moved to the Cherokee Nation, where he practiced law and served on the Board of Education. He was one of Oklahoma’s first two senators, serving from 1907 until 1925.
Robert Owen: A Featured Biography. Robert Latham Owen was elected in 1907 as one of the first two United States senators for the state of Oklahoma. He is one of a small group of United States senators known to be of Native American descent. He served three terms in the Senate.
lived at Point of Honor were Robert Latham Owen, president of the. and Tennessee Railroad (a predecessor of the Norfolk and Western), his part-Cherokee Indian wife, Narcissa Chisholm Owen. They. the elegant home from 1862 to 1872 during the cataclysmic years of war and Reconstruction.
Robert Latham Owen, Jr: His Careers As Indian Attorney and Progressive Senator. Kenny Brown. 1985. See Full PDF Download PDF. See Full PDF Download PDF. Related Papers. East Texas Historical Journal. David Crocketts visit to the Red River Valley. 1999 • Skipper Steely. Download Free PDF View PDF.
Owen was a leader in the direct election of senators and the Child Labor Act, among other issues. The highlight of his Senate career, however, arguably was his involvement with the Federal Reserve Act.
