James W. Owens (congressman)
- James W. Owens (congressman)
James W. Owens (October 24, 1837 - March 30, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Springfield Township, Indiana, Owens pursued academic studies.He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1862. During the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a private in the Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months' service. Reenlisted and was made first lieutenant of Company A, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the reorganization of that regiment was made captain of Company K.He attended the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1864 and 1865.He was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Newark, Ohio.
Owens was elected prosecuting attorney of Licking County in 1867 and reelected in 1869.
Owens was elected to the State senate in 1875.He was reelected in 1877, and served as president of that body.He served as member of the board of trustees of Miami University 1878-1896.
Owens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fifty-second Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892.He resumed the practice of his profession.He died in Newark, Ohio, on March 30, 1900.He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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