Owen, Robert Latham, Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus (1907-1911); United States Senator from Oklahoma (1907-1925); United States Indian Agent for the Five Civilized Tribes (1885-1889), 1856-1947

Biographical:

Robert L. Owen was born in 1856 at Lynchburg, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish and Indian ancestry. Educated in the private schools of Lynchburg, he attended Washington and Lee University where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1877. Soon afterwards, he moved to the Cherokee Nation where he practiced law, taught school, and served as secretary of the Board of Education of the Cherokee Nation. In 1885, Owen was appointed agent for the Five Civilized Tribes and functioned in that position until 1887. Owen served as the attorney for the Choctaws beginning in 1890 and later in the same capacity for the Western and Eastern Cherokees. He organized the First National Bank of Indian Territory at Muskogee in 1890 and acted as its president until 1900. Owen was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Oklahoma in December 1907 and was reelected in 1912 and in 1918. In 1920, Owen's name was submitted as a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. In the end, he ranked fourth among the candidates but declined the nomination for vice president. As a senator, Owen was the drafter of the Federal Reserve Act and the Farm Loan Act. Child labor laws were another of his interests. Owen retired from the U.S. Senate in 1925. After his retirement, Owen engaged in activities which promoted the interests of Indians, both in the field of legislation and in the courts. He maintained his interest in world affairs and international law and became involved in a goal to enable people all over the world to speak together in a phonetic global alphabet. His later years were spent pursuing this project. Senator Owen died in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 1947.

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Legislative Record of Robert L. Owen, Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates, 60th Congress, 1st Session Vol. XLII, 1908 and 2nd Session Vol. XLIII

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_2_0000_1

Dates: 61st (1909-1911)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Legislative Record of Robert L. Owen, Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates, 62nd Congress, 1st Session Vol. XLVII, 1911, 2nd Session Vol. XLVIII, 1912, and 3rd Session Vol. XLIX, 1913.

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_3_0000_1

Dates: 62nd (1911-1913)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Lonergan's Comment Labor

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_1_7_12

Dates: 63rd (1913-1915); 64th (1915-1917); 65th (1917-1919); 66th (1919-1921); 67th (1921-1923); 68th (1923-1925); 69th (1925-1927); 70th (1927-1929); 71st (1929-1931) ; 72nd (1931-1933); 73rd (1933-1935); 74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941); 77th (1941-1943); 78th (1943-1945); 79th (1945-1947)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Memorandum No. 2. Re: Economics

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_1_6_14

Dates: 63rd (1913-1915); 64th (1915-1917); 65th (1917-1919); 66th (1919-1921); 67th (1921-1923); 68th (1923-1925); 69th (1925-1927); 70th (1927-1929); 71st (1929-1931); 72nd (1931-1933); 73rd (1933-1935); 74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939); 76th (1939-1941); 77th (1941-1943); 78th (1943-1945); 79th (1945-1947)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Memorandum on Inflation by Robert L. Owen

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_1_3_33

Dates: April 25, 1942

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Old Friends Turn Clock Back, Honor Owen on 89th Birthday Daily Oklahoman

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_1_7_7

Dates: 79th (1945-1947)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Robert L. Owen to C.F. Stan Chief of Staff, Joint Committee Internal Revenue and Taxation

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Identifier: CAC_CC_043_1_1_3_34

Dates: Majority of material found within 74th (1935-1937); 75th (1937-1939)

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections