William D. Owen
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William Dale Owen (born September 6, 1846) is a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Owen attended Indiana University at Bloomington in 1865 and entered upon the study of law. Relinquished law for the ministry. Pastor of the Logansport (Indiana) Christian Church until 1878.
Owen was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
Owen was elected secretary of state of Indiana and served from January 16, 1895, to January 15, 1899. He engaged in real estate speculation and interested in rubber plantations in Mexico. In 1906 went to Europe, where he died.
