Edward N. Allen

Edward Normand Allen ( born April 18, 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut, † November 14, 1972 ) was an American politician. Between 1951 and 1955 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Connecticut.

Edward Allen attended Norwich University in Vermont, and then completed the Yale University. He joined the United States Army and served in 1916 during a border conflict with Mexico at the city's border, where he was involved in the search for Pancho Villa. After that he took part in the First World War. Between 1920 and 1924 he was chief of police (Police Commissioner) in Hartford. Later he headed the department store Allen saga. Politically, Allen joined the Republican Party. From 1927 to 1929 he sat in the Senate from Connecticut; in 1928 he was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention, was nominated on the Herbert Hoover as a presidential candidate. Between 1947 and 1948 he held the office of mayor of Hartford.

In 1950, Allen was elected to the side of John Davis Lodge for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. This post he held 1951-1955. Yet he was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. At that time, an amendment to the state constitution in force which extended the terms of office of the governor and his deputy from two to four years.

After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor Edward Allen is no longer politically have appeared. January 14, 1936 he was married to Mildred Pomeranz, which exercised the office of the Secretary of State of Connecticut 1955-1959. He died on 14 November 1972.