William Vincent Allen | |
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 Portrait byC. M. Bellc. 1893–1894 | |
| United States Senator fromNebraska | |
| In office December 13, 1899 – March 28, 1901 | |
| Appointed by | William A. Poynter |
| Preceded by | Monroe L. Hayward |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Dietrich |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Algernon S. Paddock |
| Succeeded by | Monroe L. Hayward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1847-01-28)January 28, 1847 Midway, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 1924(1924-01-12) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Crown Hill Cemetery Madison, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Populist |
| Occupation | Attorney, judge |
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William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847 – January 12, 1924) was an American jurist and twice aU.S. Senator fromNebraska.
Allen was born inMidway, Ohio. He moved with his parents toIowa in 1857, where he attended the common schools andUpper Iowa University atFayette, Iowa.[1]
He married Blanche Mott, born inTidioute, Pennsylvania, though most of her life was spent in Iowa. Her parents moved to that state when she was ten years old. Here she was educated, and married at Fayette, Iowa, to Hon. William V. Allen, May 9, 1870. Four children, three daughters (Lulu, Willa and Edith) and one son.[2]
He served as aprivate with the32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during theCivil War.[1]
He then studied law atWest Union, Iowa and was admitted to thebar in 1869. Allen practiced in Iowa until 1884 when he moved toMadison, Nebraska. He served asjudge of the district court of the ninth judicial district of Nebraska from 1891 to 1893.[1]
Allen was the permanent chairman of thePopulist State conventions in 1892, 1894 and 1896. Allen was elected as a Populist to theUnited States Senate by the Nebraska State Legislature and served from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1899. During his term, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection (Fifty-fourth andFifty-fifth Congresses). Allen championed various bills for public buildings and drought relief along theMissouri River Valley and authored the bill that would establish the 1898Trans-Mississippi Exposition inOmaha, Nebraska.
Allen was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1899. After that, he was appointed and subsequently elected judge of the district court of the ninth judicial district of Nebraska and served from March 9, 1899, to December 1899, when he resigned to return to the Senate, because he was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his successor,Monroe L. Hayward. He served from December 13, 1899, to March 28, 1901, when a successor was elected; he was not a candidate for election to the vacancy.
Allen then resumed the practice of law inMadison, where he was again elected judge of the district court of the ninth judicial district of Nebraska in 1917 and served until his death.
At various times during his tenure as a United States Senator, Allen served on 10standing committees[3] and 3select or special committees.[4] During his first term in the Senate, he chaired theSelect Committee on Forest Reservations, and retained his chairmanship when the committee became the standingCommittee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game during the54th Congress.[5] When he returned to the Senate for his second term during the56th Congress, he was again appointed to this committee, but did not serve as chairman.[6]
| Committee | Congresses | Notes |
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| Forest Reservations (Select) Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game | 53rd 54th –56th | Chairman (53rd – 55th) Renamed and made a standing committee in the 54th Congress |
| Claims | 53rd – 56th | |
| Indian Affairs | 53rd – 55th | |
| Public Lands | 53rd – 55th | |
| Transportation Routes to the Seaboard | 54th – 55th | |
| Privileges and Elections | 55th | |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 56th | |
| Interstate Commerce | 56th | |
| Pensions | 56th | |
| The Philippines | 56th | |
| Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) | 53rd – 55th | |
| Investigate Attempts at Bribery, etc. (Special) | 53rd |
He died inLos Angeles, California on January 12, 1924, and was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery atMadison, Nebraska.[1]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
"Allen, William Vincent".The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. 1906. pp. 92–93.| U.S. Senate | ||
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Nebraska 1893–1899 Served alongside:Charles F. Manderson,John M. Thurston | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Nebraska 1899–1901 Served alongside:John M. Thurston,Joseph H. Millard | Succeeded by |
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| Silver or Silver Republican | |
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