Allen Ferdinand Owen

Allen Ferdinand Owen (born October 9, 1816 in Wilkes County , North Carolina , †  April 7, 1865 in Upatoi , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

When he was still a child, Allen Owen came to Talbotton, Georgia, where he received a private education. He then attended Franklin College in Athens and then, until 1837, Yale College . After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1839, he began to work in Talbotton in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party .

Between 1843 and 1847, Owen was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1848 he worked there as an administrative clerk . In the same year he took part as a delegate at the Whig National Convention in Philadelphia , where Zachary Taylor was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1848 congressional election , Owen was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded John William Jones on March 4, 1849 . Until March 3, 1851 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Owen moved to the Democratic Party . In 1851 he became the American consul in Havana , Cuba . Then he worked again as a lawyer in Talbotton. Allen Owens died while visiting relatives on April 7, 1865 in Upatoi, now part of the city of Columbus. He was buried in Talbotton.

Web links

• Allen Ferdinand Owen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Allen Ferdinand Owen in the database of Find a Grave (English)