- Stephen Allen
Infobox Mayor | Stephen Allen
nationality=American
order=55th Mayor of New York
term_start=December, 1821
term_end=1824
predecessor=Cadwallader D. Colden
successor=William Paulding, Jr.
birth_date=July 2 ,1767
birth_place=
date of death=death date and age|1852|7|28|1767|7|2
place of death=Riverdale, Bronx ,New York
spouse=
religion=
party=Stephen Allen (
July 2 ,1767 -July 28 ,1852 ) was theMayor of New York from for three terms from December 1821 through 1824 [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/features/greenbook_mayors.shtml NYC list of Mayors] ]Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor. [ [http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY1824.html NYNY1824 ] ] [ [http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY1820.html Untitled Document ] ]
Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon Canal Company in February 1824 [ [http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY1824.html NYNY1824 ] ]
Allen lived in 1
Washington Square North after 1835 [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=thWVcHVixF4C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=%22stephen+allen%22+mayor&source=web&ots=f_-eZ-HGdQ&sig=E0T4VLzYM-Q842R5bIZbMXm4RGc#PPA79,M1 "It Happened in Washington Square" By Emily Kies Folpe, 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801870887] ]He died in the Henry Clay Steamboat disaster on
July 28 ,1852 inRiverdale, Bronx and is buried in theNew York City Marble Cemetery ee also
List of mayors of New York City References
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9628 Find a Grave]
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