Background
Owens, Thomas Leonard was born on December 21, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John P. and Hannah (Burke) Owens.
Owens, Thomas Leonard was born on December 21, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John P. and Hannah (Burke) Owens.
Bachelor of Laws, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1926, Master of Laws, 1927.
Wrapping clerk Sears Roebuck & Company, Chicago, 1911. Machinist, accountant Crane Company, Chicago, 1911-1919. Salesman Western Plumbing Supply Company (now Tyne Company), Chicago, 1919-1927.
Admitted to Illinois Bar, June 1927.
Practiced law in firm of Owens and Owens, Chicago, 1927-1947. Member 80th Congress (1947-1949), 7th District Illinois.
Member 80th Congress (1947-1949), 7th District Illinois. Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association American Legion, Lincoln Turner Organisation, Delta Theta Phi. Club: Executive’s of Chicago.
Married Emma Florence Ekberg, June 26, 1929. Children: Charles John, Colleen Joan, Carol Jane.