Bill Owens
Bill Owens
William Lewis “Bill” Owenswas a U.S. Representative, a post he held from 2009 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district he represented, the state's largest and most rural, includes most of the North Country, as well as the northern suburbs of Syracuse...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 January 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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