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Amos L. Allen | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's1st district | |
| In office November 6, 1899 – February 20, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas B. Reed |
| Succeeded by | Asher C. Hinds |
| Member of theMaine House of Representatives | |
| In office 1886-1887 | |
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| Born | Amos Lawrence Allen (1837-03-17)March 17, 1837 |
| Died | February 20, 1911(1911-02-20) (aged 73) |
| Party | Republican |
Amos Lawrence Allen (March 17, 1837 – February 20, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. representative fromMaine from 1899 to 1911.
Born inWaterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools,Whitestown Seminary inWhitestown, New York, and graduated fromBowdoin College in 1860. He studied law atColumbian Law School, Washington, D.C., and was admitted to thebar of York County in 1866, but never practiced.
He served as a clerk in theUnited States Treasury Department from 1867 to 1870.
Allen was elected clerk of the courts forYork County, Maine in 1870. He was reelected three times and served until January 1, 1883. He served in theMaine House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887.
He was private secretary to SpeakerThomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as delegate at large to theRepublican National Convention atSt. Louis in 1896.
Allen was elected as aRepublican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed.[1] He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1899, until his death inWashington, D.C., on February 20, 1911, from pneumonia.[2]
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery,Alfred, Maine.
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