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{{short description|American politician}} |
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| state1=[[Maine]] |
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| district1=[[Maine's 1st congressional district|1st]] |
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| term_start1= November 6, 1899 |
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| term_end1= February 20, 1911 |
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| term2=1886-1887 |
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| predecessor1= [[Thomas Brackett Reed|Thomas B. Reed]] |
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| successor1= [[Asher C. Hinds]] |
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| birth_name=Amos Lawrence Allen |
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1837|03|17}} |
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| birth_place =[[Waterboro, Maine]] |
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| death_date ={{Death date and age|1911|02|20|1837|03|17}} |
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| death_place =[[Washington, D.C.]] |
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| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |
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== Early life and education == |
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⚫ | Born in [[Waterboro, Maine]], Allen attended the common schools, [[Whitestown Seminary]] in [[Whitestown, New York]], and graduated from [[Bowdoin College]] in 1860. He studied law at [[George Washington University Law School|Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C.]], and was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] of York County in 1866, but never practiced. |
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== Career == |
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He served as a clerk in the [[United States Treasury Department]] from 1867 to 1870. |
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He was private secretary to Speaker [[Thomas Brackett Reed|Thomas B. Reed]] in the Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as delegate at large to the [[Republican National Convention]] at [[St. Louis]] in 1896. |
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=== Congress === |
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Allen was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed.<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=43 |date=9 November 1903}}</ref> He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1899, until his death in [[Washington, D.C.]], on February 20, 1911, from pneumonia.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19110220&id=L5c-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=91kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2896,5907815&hl=en Amos L. Allen dead]</ref> |
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He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, [[Alfred, Maine]]. |
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⚫ | Born in [[Waterboro, Maine]], Allen attended the common schools, [[Whitestown Seminary]] in [[Whitestown, New York]], and graduated from [[Bowdoin College]] in 1860. He studied law at [[George Washington University Law School|Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C.]], and was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] of York County in 1866, but never practiced |
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==See also== |
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⚫ | Allen was elected clerk of the courts for [[York County, Maine]] in 1870. He was reelected three times |
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*[[List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)]] |
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==References== |
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Allen was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1899 until his death in [[Washington, D.C.]] on February 20, 1911. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, [[Alfred, Maine]]. |
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* [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t16m3d045;view=1up;seq=7 Amos L. Allen, late a representative from Maine, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1912] |
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Latest revision as of 15:07, 28 March 2024
Amos L. Allen | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district | |
In office November 6, 1899 – February 20, 1911 | |
Preceded by | Thomas B. Reed |
Succeeded by | Asher C. Hinds |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
In office 1886-1887 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Amos Lawrence Allen March 17, 1837 Waterboro, Maine |
Died | February 20, 1911 Washington, D.C. | (aged 73)
Political party | Republican |
Amos Lawrence Allen (March 17, 1837 – February 20, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1899 to 1911.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Waterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary in Whitestown, New York, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1860. He studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C., and was admitted to the bar of York County in 1866, but never practiced.
Career
[edit]He served as a clerk in the United States Treasury Department from 1867 to 1870.
Allen was elected clerk of the courts for York County, Maine in 1870. He was reelected three times and served until January 1, 1883. He served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887.
He was private secretary to Speaker Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as delegate at large to the Republican National Convention at St. Louis in 1896.
Congress
[edit]Allen was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed.[1] He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1899, until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 1911, from pneumonia.[2]
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, Maine.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 43. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Amos L. Allen dead
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Amos L. Allen (id: A000112)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Amos L. Allen, late a representative from Maine, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1912
- 1837 births
- 1911 deaths
- People from Waterboro, Maine
- Bowdoin College alumni
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
- Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
- People from Alfred, Maine
- 19th-century American legislators
- Deaths from pneumonia in Washington, D.C.
- Maine politician stubs