William D. Owen

William Dale Owen (September 6, 1846 – 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Owen attended Indiana University at Bloomington in 1865 and entered upon the study of law. He relinquished law for the ministry, and became pastor of the Logansport (Indiana) Christian Church until 1878.

Owen was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

Owen was elected Secretary of State of Indiana and served from January 16, 1895, to January 15, 1899. He engaged in real estate speculation and invested in rubber plantations in Mexico. He traveled to Europe in 1906, where he died.

References

• William D. Owen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Jefferson Wood	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 10th congressional district 1885 – 1891	Succeeded by David H. Patton
Political offices
Preceded by William R. Myers	Secretary of State of Indiana 1895–1899	Succeeded by Union B. Hunt

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