John Allen (Connecticut)

John Allen (Connecticut)

:"For similarly named people, including several Congressmen, see John Allen"John Allen (June 12, 1763 – July 31, 1812) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he attended the common schools and studied at the Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Connecticut; he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1793 to 1796 and served as clerk in 1796.

Allen was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1798, and was a member of the State council and of the Supreme Court of Errors from 1800 to 1806. He continued the practice of law in Litchfield until his death in 1812; interment was in East Cemetery.

John W. Allen, John Allen's son, was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

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