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  Owen, Robert L.
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NameRobert L. Owen
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Muskogee, Oklahoma , United States
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Born February 02, 1856
DiedJuly 19, 1947 (91 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Nov 25, 2015 06:18pm
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InfoOWEN, Robert Latham, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., February 2, 1856; attended private schools in Lynchburg, Va., and Baltimore, Md.; graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1877; moved to Salina, Indian Territory, and taught school among the Cherokee Indians; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice; federal Indian agent for the Five Civilized Tribes 1885-1889; member of the Democratic National Committee 1892-1896; organized the First National Bank of Muskogee in 1890 and was its president for ten years; upon the admission of Oklahoma as a State into the Union in 1907 was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate for the term ending March 3, 1913; reelected in 1912 and 1918 and served from December 11, 1907, to March 3, 1925; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924; chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Railroads (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes (Sixty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; organized and served as chairman of the National Popular Government League from 1913 until his death in Washington, D.C., July 19, 1947; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.

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  07/09/1924 US President - D Convention Lost 0.78% (-25.55%)
  07/06/1920 US President - D Convention Lost 2.08% (-33.49%)
  11/05/1918 OK US Senate Won 55.44% (+14.70%)
  08/06/1918 OK US Senate - D Primary Won 75.50% (+51.00%)
  11/05/1912 OK US Senate Won 50.42% (+17.15%)
  08/06/1912 OK US Senate - D Primary Won 64.32% (+28.65%)
  11/04/1907 OK US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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OK US President - Nov 06, 1928 R Herbert C. Hoover
OK US Senate - Nov 04, 1924 R William B. Pine