Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham), 1856-1947
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856 – July 19, 1947) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as one of the first two U.S. Senators from Oklahoma, in office from 1907 to 1925.
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, he attended private schools there and in Baltimore, Maryland before graduating from Washington and Lee University. Following graduation, Owen moved in 1879 to Salina in Indian Territory (now Salina, Oklahoma) where he was accepted as a member of the Cherokee Nation. From 1879 to 1880, he served as the principal teacher of the Cherokee Orphan Asylum. From 1881 to 1884, he served as secretary of the board of education of the Cherokee Nation, and worked on reorganizing the Cherokee school system. Owen was owner and editor of the "Indian Chieftain" newspaper, based in present-day Vinita, Oklahoma, in 1884. From 1885 to 1889, he was a federal Indian agent for the Five Civilized Tribes. After Benjamin Harrison became President in 1889, Owen left government service and organized the First National Bank of Muskogee in 1890, serving as its president for ten years.
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