Amos L. Allen

Amos Lawrence Allen ( born March 17, 1837 in Waterboro, York County, Maine, † February 20, 1911 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1911 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Amos Allen attended the public schools of his home and then the Whitestown Seminary in New York. He then completed until 1860 Bowdoin College in Brunswick. After studying law at the Columbian Law School in Washington, he was admitted in 1866 as a lawyer. He has this profession but not exercised. Between 1867 and 1870 he worked as a clerk for the Ministry of Finance. From 1870 to 1883 he was employed in the administration of the District Court in York County.

Politically, all member of the Republican Party. In the years 1886 and 1887 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Maine. He then became private secretary to Congressman Thomas Brackett Reed, who was also Speaker of the House at that time. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated on the William McKinley as a presidential candidate.

Following the resignation of Reed as Congressman Allen was elected as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in the by-election became necessary in the first electoral district of Maine. There he came into effect on November 6, 1899 at its new mandate. After five re- elections, he remained there until his death on 20 February 1911 at the Congress.

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