Bill Owens (politician, 1949)

Bill Owens

William Lewis "Bill" Owens (born January 20, 1949 in New York City , New York ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . From 2009 to 2015 he was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 23rd  Congressional District of New York State .

biography

Bill Owens was born in New York City to Lewis Owens and Alice Stanton Owens. After graduating from high school at Chaminade High School in Mineola , he served in the United States Air Force , most recently as a captain (compared to a captain in Germany ). With a degree in administration , he graduated summa cum laude from Manhattan College in 1971 . In 1974 he graduated from Fordham University . Before he was elected to the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer and consultant.

He was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election to succeed John M. McHugh , who was appointed Secretary of State for the United States . He was able to defend his seat in the 2010 elections with 48.2% of the vote. In Congress , he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture , the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security . In 2014 he decided not to run again. The Democrats nominated Aaron Woolf in his place, but he was clearly defeated by Republican Elise Stefanik .

He lives in Plattsburgh with his wife Jane . He has three children and four grandchildren and is Roman Catholic .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the last elections on rollcall.com (English) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Bill Owens  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bill Owens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Bill Owens in the nndb (English)