- Robert Allen (Tennessee)
Robert Allen (
June 19 ,1778 –August 19 ,1844 ) was an American merchant and politician fromCarthage, Tennessee . He represented Tennessee in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1819 until 1827.Allen was born in
Augusta County, Virginia , and attended schools there, culminating inWilliam and Mary College . After graduating from his law studies, he moved to Carthage, Tennessee and took up practice as alawyer in 1804.During the
War of 1812 , he served as acolonel under GeneralAndrew Jackson ; after the war, he was elected to the House, serving four terms. While there, he chaired the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (regarding claims from theU.S. Revolutionary War ). He declined to stand for re-election in the 1826 elections, and retired to Tennessee at the end of the term. There, he engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits until his death in 1844.External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000142 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
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