William Allen (congressman)
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William Allen | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | |
Preceded by | Matthias H. Nichols |
Succeeded by | John F. McKinney |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamilton, Ohio | August 13, 1827
Died | July 6, 1881 Greenville, Ohio | (aged 53)
Resting place | Greenville Cemetery |
Political party | |
William Allen (August 13, 1827 – July 6, 1881) was a United States Representative from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War, serving two terms from 1859 to 1863.
Early life and career
[edit]Allen was born near Hamilton, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. As a young man, he taught school, then studied law. Allen was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Greenville, Ohio, in 1850. He was the prosecuting attorney of Darke County from 1850 until 1854.
Congress
[edit]Allen was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863), where he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Thirty-seventh Congress).
Later career and death
[edit]He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862 and resumed the practice of law. He became affiliated with the Republican Party at the close of the Civil War and was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the second judicial district in 1865.
He declined the Republican nomination for election to the Forty-sixth Congress in 1878 because of failing health. He was interested in banking until his death in Greenville, Ohio, in 1881. He was buried in Greenville Cemetery.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "William Allen (id: A000149)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1827 births
- 1881 deaths
- People of Ohio in the American Civil War
- Politicians from Hamilton, Ohio
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- People from Greenville, Ohio
- County district attorneys in Ohio
- Ohio Republicans
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives