John Clayton Allen

John Clayton Allen ( born February 14, 1860 in Hinesburg, Vermont, † January 12, 1939 in Monmouth, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Allen attended the public schools of his home and the Beeman Academy in New Haven. In 1881 he first moved to Lincoln and then in 1886 to McCook in Nebraska. In both cities he worked in the trade. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1887 and 1889, Allen was a member of the council of McCook; in 1890 he became mayor of this municipality. From 1891 to 1895 he served as Secretary of State, the executive officers of the state government of Nebraska. In 1896 he moved to Monmouth, Illinois, where he was president of his own department store. He also headed the University's People's National Bank of Monmouth. Between 1917 and 1927 he was a board member of the State Normal School.

In the congressional elections of 1924, Allen was in the 14th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the meantime resigned William J. Graham on March 4, 1925. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 four legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the world economic crisis since 1929.

1932 John Allen was not re-elected. Two years later, a new Congress failed candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Allen took his previous activities in Monmouth again. There he is on 12 January 1939, died.