Born near Georgetown , Kentucky , Owens attended the common schools , also Kentucky Wesleyan College , Millersburg , Kentucky , Transylvania University , Lexington , Kentucky , and was graduated from Columbia Law School , New York City , in 1872 . He was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced practice in Georgetown , Kentucky . He served as prosecuting attorney for Scott County , Kentucky from 1874 to 1877 , when he resigned . He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1877 – 1887 and served as speaker in 1882 and 1883 . He served as delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention
1892 Democratic National Convention
1892 Democratic National Convention
William Claiborne Owens