Chilton Allan

Chilton Allan ( born April 6, 1786 Albemarle County, Virginia; † September 3, 1858 in Winchester, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1837 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1797, Chilton Allan came with his mother to Winchester, where he attended the public schools. At times, he also received private lessons. Then he made a three-year apprenticeship as a wheelwright. In his spare time he studied law. After his 1808 was admitted to the bar he began in Winchester to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the years 1811, 1815, 1822 and 1830 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky. Between 1823 and 1827 he was a member of the State Senate. In the 1820s, Allan joined the movement to President John Quincy Adams. This was the first National Republican Party and the Whig Party in 1835. Allan was successively a member of both parties.

In the congressional elections of 1830 he was a candidate of the Nationalrepublikaner in the third electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Clark on March 4, 1831. Until March 3, 1833, he represented this district in Congress. In the two following elections he was elected in the tenth district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented this area there between 4 March 1833 to 3 March 1837 as the successor to Christopher Tompkins. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President. Between 1833 and 1835 Allan was chairman of the committee that dealt with the administration of U.S. territories.

In 1836 he opted not to run again for Congress. Between 1837 and 1839 he was a member of a government committee to improve the infrastructure in Kentucky. In 1842 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. Otherwise, he practiced as a lawyer again. Chilton Allan died on September 3, 1858 in Winchester.