Kenneth Owen
{{Short description|American politician}}
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|name = Kenneth E. Owen
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|office = Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa
|term_start = January 1965
|term_end = January 1967
|office2 = Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
|term2 = January 10, 1955 – January 13, 1957
January 14, 1957 – January 11, 1959
January 12, 1959 – January 8, 1961
|birth_name = Kenneth Ervin Owen
|birth_date = {{birth date|1918|9|1}}
|birth_place = Jerome, Iowa, United States
|death_date = {{death date and age|2001|1|23|1918|9|1}}
|death_place = Jerome, Iowa, United States
|party = Democratic
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Kenneth Ervin Owen (September 1, 1918 – January 23, 2001) was an American politician from the state of Iowa.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=1679|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=8 August 2018}}
Early life
On September 1, 1918, Owen was born in Jerome, Iowa, U.S. Owen's parents were Samuel and Vera (née Sedgwick) Owen. Owen attended Centerville High School in Centerville.
Career
Owen was a farmer in Jerome, Iowa.
Owen served as a Democrat in the 4th district of the Iowa House of Representatives for three terms from 1955 to 1961, and for one term as the Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1965 to 1967. Owen also served on the Appanoose County Farm Bureau Board and on the Jerome School Board.
Personal life
In 1937, Owen married Frances Hamm. Owen had two children, Diana (née Owen) Glenn and Keith Owen.
In 2001, Owen died in Jerome, Iowa. Owen is interred in Jerome Cemetery, Jerome, Iowa.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=56&personID=1679 |title=Iowa General Assembly Kenneth Ervin Owen |accessdate=October 6, 2018}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Loyd Van Patten}}
{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa|years=1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972}}
{{s-aft|after=Francis L. York}}
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{{s-bef|before=Robert K. Beck}}
{{s-ttl|title=4th district|years=1955–1961}}
{{s-aft|after=Delmont Moffitt}}
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{{s-bef|before=Lucius B. Liddy}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa|years=1965–1967}}
{{s-aft|after=Lucius B. Liddy}}
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{{Secretaries of Agriculture of Iowa}}
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Category:People from Appanoose County, Iowa
Category:School board members in Iowa
Category:Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Secretaries of agriculture of Iowa
Category:20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
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