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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaGeorge Welshman OWENS
(1786-1856)
OWENS, George Welshman, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., August 29,
1786; attended school in Harrow, England, and was graduated from
Cambridge University; studied law in the office of Mr. Chitty in
London; returned to Savannah, Ga.; was admitted to the bar and
practiced; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress
and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4,
1835-March 3, 1839); resumed the practice of law; died in Savannah,
Ga., March 2, 1856; interment in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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