Subjects – Bryan, William Jennings
Speaker of the House James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark of Missouri
March 07, 1850
James Beauchamp “Champ” Clark of Missouri, the 39th Speaker of the House (1911–1919), was born in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida
October 02, 1885
On this date, Florida Representative Ruth Bryan Owen was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. The daughter of famed orator William Jennings Bryan, Ruth Owen sought and won election to the 71st Congress (1929–1931) in 1928.
The swearing-in of Representatives Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida and Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois
April 15, 1929
On this date, Ruth Hanna McCormick of Illinois and Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida were sworn in with the other Members of the 71st Congress (1929–1931), for an extraordinary session called by President Herbert Hoover to address farm relief and tariff revision.