John B. Allen

John B. Allen

John Beard Allen (May 18 1845January 28 1903) was an American politician from the state of Washington. He was a Republican.

Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He served as a private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and passed the bar in 1869. He moved to Washington in 1870, and started a law practice in Olympia.

He served as United States attorney (1875 - 1885), and as reporter for the supreme court for the Territory of Washington from 1878 to 1885).

He was a Republican Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in 1889, and after Washington achieved statehood, he was elected and served in the United States Senate from 1889 to 1893. After the legislature failed to select a Senator for the following term, Allen was appointed by the Governor of Washington, but was not seated by the Senate. [ [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/gov/congress.htm The Legacy Preservation Library] , via www.usgennet.org]

After leaving public office, Allen went into private law practice in Seattle, where he died of cardiovascular disease in 1903 aged 57.

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External links

*CongBio|A000130 Retrieved on 2008-02-14
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html The Political Graveyard]

USRepSuccessionBox
type=Delegate
state=Washington Territory
district=AL
before=Charles Stewart Voorhees
after=None. Last in line.
years= March 4, 1889November 11, 1889
U.S. Senator box
state=Washington
class=1
before=None. First in line.
after=John L. Wilson
alongside=Watson C. Squire
years= November 20, 1889March 3, 1893


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