Bill Owens (congressman)
| Bill Owens | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Tonko |
| Succeeded by | Elise Stefanik |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd district |
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In office November 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John M. McHugh |
| Succeeded by | Tom Reed |
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January 20, 1949 Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Registered independent (1971–2009) Democratic (2009–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Owens |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Plattsburgh, New York |
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Manhattan College (B.B.A.) Fordham University School of Law (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer, Businessperson |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Congressman Bill Owens |
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 United States Air Force
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| Rank | Captain |
William Lewis “Bill” Owens (born January 20, 1949) is a former U.S. Representative, a post he held from 2009 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district he represented, the state's largest and most rural, includes most of the North Country, as well as the northern suburbs of Syracuse.
On January 14, 2014, Owens announced he would not seek reelection in the 2014 elections.
Born in Brooklyn to Lewis Owens and Alice Stanton Owens, Owens was raised in Mineola, New York. After graduating from Chaminade High School, where he was a classmate of television host and conservative political commentator Bill O'Reilly, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. He returned to the North Country and has lived there for over 30 years after serving as a United States Air Force captain.
Owens is a 1971 summa cum laude graduate of Manhattan College with a degree in business administration and a 1974 top-half graduate of Fordham University School of Law.
Before coming to Congress, Owens was a managing partner at Stafford, Owens, Piller, Murnane & Trombley, where he specialized in business law, international law, and estate and tax law. He is also an adjunct professor in business law at State University of New York at Plattsburgh. In 2004, he was appointed by Governor George Pataki to the College Council at that university. He served as the host for Business Affairs on WCFE-TV, a PBS television station in Plattsburgh. According to financial disclosure forms filed when he ran for Congress, Owens made $751,000 in 2008, mostly from his law practice.
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