George Welshman Owens

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George Welshman Owens (born August 29, 1786 in Savannah , Georgia , †  March 2, 1856 there ) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Owens attended schools in Harrow ( England ) and then studied at the University of Cambridge . After studying law in London and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in Savannah. At the same time he began a political career in Georgia.

Owens became a member of the Democratic Party founded by President Andrew Jackson . He was mayor of Savannah from 1832 to 1833. In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1834 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the second mandate of Georgia , where he succeeded Thomas Flournoy Foster on March 4, 1835 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1839 . By 1837 he saw the final phase of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, whose policy was highly controversial inside and outside of Congress. Since 1837, an economic crisis also overshadowed work in the US House of Representatives.

After his tenure in Congress, George Owens returned to practice as a lawyer. He died on March 2, 1856 in his native Savannah.

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SURNAME Owens, George Welshman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Savannah , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1856
Place of death Savannah , Georgia