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Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856 – July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Following World War II, blind and in failing health, Owen invented an international alphabet that he hoped would be used by diplomats. He died of complications from prostate surgery on July 19, 1947, and was mourned as the state's most influential national figure in the early statehood era. Kenny L. Brown.
Robert Latham Owen was elected in 1907 as one of the first two United States senators for the state of Oklahoma. He is one of a small group of United States senators known to be of Native American descent. He served three terms in the Senate.
Robert Latham Owen was born in Virginia in 1856. After graduating from Washington and Lee University, he moved to the Cherokee Nation, where he practiced law and served on the Board of Education. He was one of Oklahoma’s first two senators, serving from 1907 until 1925.
The papers of Robert Latham Owen, United States senator from Oklahoma, banker, and lawyer, were given to the Library of Congress by Owen in 1931 and 1942. Processing History
Robert Latham Owen, a descendent of Cherokee chief Occonnostolas, served as editor in 1883–84. The founding father of Oklahoma journalism, William Potter Ross, took Owen’s place as editor. Ross was the former publisher of the Cherokee Advocate and later became a United States Senator.
Robert Owen, Sr. died deeply in debt after struggling to regain control of Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, for which he had served as president for several years. Later, Owen said the economic disruption of those years impressed on him several economic lessons.
