In April 2013 , Mel Watt , the only congressman organization.leadership have served the 12th District since its creation in 1993 , was appointed as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency .

Its prominent citizens included Owen 's sons , Indiana congressman organization.leadership social reformer Robert Dale Owen , who sponsored legislation to create the Smithsonian Institution ; David Dale Owen , a noted state and federal geologist ; William Owen ; and Richard Owen , state geologist , Indiana University professor , and first president of Purdue University .