Emmett Marshall Owen

Emmett Marshall Owen

Emmett Marshall Owen (born October 19, 1877 in Hollonville , Pike County , Georgia , †  June 21, 1939 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born on a farm, Emmett Owen first attended Hollonville Grammar School and then, until 1898, the Gordon Institute in Barnesville . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Georgia in Athens and his admission as a lawyer in 1902, he began to work in Zebulon in his new profession. He had previously worked as a teacher in 1901 and 1902. In addition to these activities, Owen ran a large peach plantation. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1902 and 1906 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . Between 1905 and 1907 he was also mayor of Zebulon. From 1906 to 1933 he worked as a public prosecutor in various districts.

In the 1932 congressional election , Owen was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Georgia, where he succeeded William C. Wright on March 4, 1933 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on June 21, 1939 . During this time, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933, the 18th Amendment from 1919 was repealed with the 21st amendment to the Constitution . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages.

After Owen's death, his mandate fell after a by-election to Albert Sidney Camp , who also held this until his death in 1954.

Web links

• Emmett Marshall Owen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Emmett Marshall Owen in the database of Find a Grave (English)