Record #:

15853

Author(s):

Sadler, W. J.

Abstract:

John Owen served two terms as North Carolina Governor and had a special interest in education and transportation. He urged river clearance of stumps and other obstructions for better navigation. He later served as chairman of the Whig National Convention in 1839. Delegates sought to nominate him for vice-president but he declined. Had he accepted he would have become President when William Henry Harrison died a few weeks after taking the oath of office.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 30, Dec 1935, p8

Subject(s):

Governors