Daniel Owen (1732 – October 21, 1812) was a politician and judge in the state of

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. He served as lieutenant governor of the State of Rhode Island from May 1786 to May 1790, and was an associate justice of the

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from May 1790 to May 1791, and Chief Justice from May 1791 to June 1795. Born in

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, Owen was the son of Thomas Owen, who had been a deputy of the

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in 1770, and assistant deputy to Governor Stephen Hopkins.''The National Cyclopedia of American Biography'' (1897), p. 530. Owen settled in

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, where he was "admitted a freeman" in May 1757. According to ''The National Cyclopedia of American Biography'': Owen's children included daughter Amey; she was the wife of first William Gadcomb, and then Asa Aldis, who served as chief justice of the

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. Her daughter with Gadcomb, Fidelia, was the wife of Senator

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. Her son with Aldis, Asa O. Aldis, also served on the Vermont Supreme Court.

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1732 births 1812 deaths People from Glocester, Rhode Island Chief Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Lieutenant Governors of Rhode Island People of colonial Rhode Island Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-state-judge-stub