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Emmett M. Owen

Emmett Marshall Owen (October 19, 1877 – June 21, 1939) was an American politician, educator, farmer and lawyer.

Early life and education[edit]

Owen was born near Hollonville, Georgia, in Pike County.[1] He graduated from the Gordon Institute in 1898 and from the University of Georgia School of LawinAthens in 1900. While at UGA, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society. Owen taught school in Butts County, Georgia from 1901 to 1902. He was admitted to the Georgia state bar in 1902 and became a practicing lawyer in Zebulon, Georgia. He also was a peach farmer.

Public office[edit]

In 1902, Owen was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served in that body through 1906. He was also the Mayor of Zebulon from 1905 through 1907. From 1906 through 1909, Owen was the Pike County court solicitor after which he became solicitor of the Zebulon city court from 1909 to 1912. He continued in that same role for the Flint judicial circuit from 1913 through 1923 and for the Griffin judicial circuit from 1923 through 1933.

Owen won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1932 as a Democrat representing Georgia's 4th congressional district in the 73rd United States Congress. He was reelected for three additional terms.

Death[edit]

Emmett Marshall Owen died on June 21, 1939, in Washington, D.C., from a heart attack, while serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. On April 24, 1940, Rep. Marvin Jones of Texas and Rep. Milton A. Romjue of Missouri delivered memorial speeches before the House recounting the life and career of Representative Owen.[2] As was the practice at the time, Owen's two children received a death benefit appropriation from the United States government of $5,000 each ($10,000 total).[3] Owen was buried in East View Cemetery in Zebulon.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ KyL Cobb (2 April 2016). Griffin, Georgia: We Could Have Been Famous... Volume 2: Heroes, 1890-1949. Lulu Press, Inc. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-1-365-01805-3.
  • ^ United States. Congress (1940). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 2465–2466.
  • ^ United States. Department of the Treasury. Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants (1939). Digest of Appropriations for the Support of the Government of the United States for the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending ..., and on Account of Deficiencies for Prior Years, Made by the ... Session of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 43.
  • External links[edit]

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    Preceded by

    William C. Wright

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Georgia's 4th congressional district

    March 4, 1933 – June 21, 1939
    Succeeded by

    A. Sidney Camp


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