Robert Latham Owen

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Progressive Era reformer United States senator human lawyer politician

Robert Latham Owen was an American Democratic senator from Oklahoma and a key Progressive Era reformer who helped shape U.S. financial policy in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Progressive Era reformer ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
advocatedFor greater regulation of Wall Street ⓘ
public control of credit ⓘ
buriedAt Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia
chairpersonOf Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Senate Committee on Banking and Currency
coAuthorOf Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
surface form: Federal Reserve Act
coFounded First National Bank of Muskogee ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1856-02-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1947-07-19 ⓘ
describedBySource Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica
educatedAt Washington and Lee University ⓘ
Washington and Lee University School of Law ⓘ
electedIn 1907 United States Senate elections ⓘ
endTime 1925-03-04 ⓘ
era Progressive Era ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation
familyName Owen ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
heritage part-Cherokee descent ⓘ
knownFor Progressive Era financial reforms ⓘ
helping create the Federal Reserve System ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
notableWork Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
surface form: The Federal Reserve Act: Its Origin and Principles
occupation banker ⓘ
educator ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposed U.S. entry into the League of Nations in its proposed form ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lynchburg, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
playedAGameRoleIn statehood movement for Oklahoma ⓘ
positionHeld United States Senator ⓘ
surface form: United States senator

United States senator from Oklahoma ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
represents Oklahoma ⓘ
residence Muskogee ⓘ
surface form: Muskogee, Indian Territory

Oklahoma ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sponsored Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ
surface form: Federal Reserve Act
startTime 1907-11-16 ⓘ
stateRepresentedInTheSenate Oklahoma ⓘ
supported antitrust legislation ⓘ
banking reform ⓘ
direct election of U.S. senators ⓘ
income tax reform ⓘ
women's suffrage ⓘ
termEndAsUSSenatorFromOklahoma 1925 ⓘ
termStartAsUSSenatorFromOklahoma 1907 ⓘ
wasAdmittedToTheBar Indian Territory ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
wasPresidentOf First National Bank of Muskogee ⓘ
workedAs Indian agent for the Five Civilized Tribes ⓘ

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Federal Reserve Act of 1913 → sponsor → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
Glass–Owen Act → namedAfter → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
Glass–Owen Act → sponsor → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act → sponsor → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act → namedAfter → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island → hasNotableBurial → Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
subject surface form: Swan Point Cemetery
this entity surface form: Robert L. Owen