Chilton Allan

Chilton Allan (born April 6, 1786 in Albemarle County , Virginia , †  September 3, 1858 in Winchester , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1837 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1797, Chilton Allan came to Winchester with his mother, where he attended public schools. At times he also received private lessons. Then he did a three-year apprenticeship as a wheelwright . In his spare time he studied law. After his admission to the bar in 1808, he began to work in Winchester in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1811, 1815, 1822, and 1830 . Between 1823 and 1827 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1820s, Allan joined the movement led by President John Quincy Adams . This resulted in the National Republican Party and in 1835 the Whig Party . Allan became a member of both parties successively.

In the congressional election of 1830 he was elected as a Republican candidate in the third electoral district of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded James Clark on March 4, 1831 . Until March 3, 1833 he represented this district in Congress . In the two subsequent elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the tenth district of Kentucky. He represented this area there between March 4, 1833 and March 3, 1837 as the successor to Christopher Tompkins . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president. Between 1833 and 1835 Allan was chairman of the committee dealing with the administration of the US territories.

In 1836 he decided not to run for Congress again. Between 1837 and 1839 he was a member of a state committee to improve the infrastructure in Kentucky. In 1842 he was once again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. Chilton Allan died in Winchester on September 3, 1858.

Web links

• Chilton Allan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Chilton Allan in the database of Find a Grave (English)