William Dale OWEN, Congress, IN (1846-1906)

OWEN William Dale , a Representative from Indiana; born in Bloomington, Ind., on September 6, 1846; attended Indiana University at Bloomington in 1865 and entered upon the study of law; relinquished law for the ministry; pastor of the Logansport (Ind.) Christian Church until 1878; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; superintendent of the U.S. Office of Immigration, 1891-1893; elected secretary of state of Indiana and served from January 16, 1895, to January 15, 1899; engaged in real estate speculation and interested in rubber plantations in Mexico; in 1906 went to Europe; death date unknown.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present