Charles Allen (Massachusetts politician)
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']').
Charles Allen (son of Joseph Allen and grandnephew of Samuel Adams), was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on August 9, 1797; he attended the Leicester Academy (1809–1811) and Yale College (1811–1812) and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in New Braintree; he returned to Worcester in 1824 and continued the practice of law. In 1827 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[1]
Allen was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1830, 1833, 1835, and 1840); he served in the Massachusetts State Senate (1836–1837). He was a member of the Northeastern Boundary Commission in 1842; a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1842–1845) and a delegate to the Whig National Convention at Philadelphia in 1848. He was elected as the Free-Soil Party candidate to Congress (March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853) and did not seek renomination in 1852. In 1849 he edited the Boston " Whig," afterward called the "Republican."
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Worcester. He was a member of the state's constitutional convention in 1853. He was Chief Justice of the Sufolk County Superior Court (1859–1867)'
He was a delegate to the peace convention held at Washington, D.C. in 1861, in an effort to devise a means to prevent the impending Civil War.
Charles Allen died in Worcester on August 6, 1869, three days before his 72nd birthday; he was interred in the Rural Cemetery.
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Sources
- Charles Allen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Charles Allen at Find-A-Grave
| United States House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
Succeeded by William Appleton |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- 1797 births
- 1896 deaths
- Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts
- Free Soil Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Republicans
- Massachusetts lawyers
- Massachusetts state court judges
- Massachusetts State Senators
- Leicester Academy alumni
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- People from New Braintree, Massachusetts
- Burials at Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
