Maryon Pittman Allen

Maryon Pittman Allen ( born November 30, 1925 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American journalist and former Democratic Senator of the United States from the state of Alabama.

Biography

Born in 1925 in Mississippi, Allen grew from the first year of life in Alabama, where she attended public schools. After studying at the University of Alabama, she began working as a journalist, editor, author and editor at various newspapers. Under President Gerald Ford in 1974 Allen was chairman of a commission, which the Blair House, the official residence of President Harry S. Truman renovated.

Through her ​​husband, the senator Class 3 James Browning Allen, Allen came up with the politics in touch. Allen, who held the office 1969-1978, died on 1 June 1978 in the office, after which his widow was sworn in on June 6, 1978 first and two days later, on 8 June 1978, his took office. After five months, on 7 November 1978, the Senate post went to Donald W. Stewart. 1981 Allen tried again to be Senator - this time with the help of a choice, but the insufficient number of votes prevented the nomination. Between 1978 and 1981, Allen worked as a columnist for the Washington Post; later, she took over the management of a public relations firm in Birmingham, where she lives today.