Biography of robert dale owen frases

United States politician

Robert Dale Owen (7 November – 24 June ) was a Scottish-born Welsh-American social reformer who was active in Indiana politics as member of the Democratic Party in the Indiana House of Representatives (–39 and –53) and represented Indiana in the U.S.

House of Representatives (–47). As a member of Congress, Owen successfully pushed through the bill that established the Smithsonian Institution and served on the Institution's first Board of Regents. Owen also served as a delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention in and was appointed as U.S.

chargé d'affaires (–58) to Naples.

Owen was a knowledgeable exponent of the socialist doctrines of his father, Robert Owen, and managed the day-to-day operation of New Harmony, Indiana, the socialistic utopian community he helped establish with his father in Throughout his adult life, Robert Dale Owen wrote and published numerous pamphlets, speeches, books, and articles that described his p