Amos L. Allen

Amos Lawrence Allen (born March 17, 1837 in Waterboro , York County , Maine , † February 20, 1911 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1911 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Amos Allen attended public schools in his home country and then Whitestown Seminary in New York . He then graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick by 1860 . After studying law at the Columbian Law School in Washington, he was admitted to the bar in 1866. But he did not practice this profession. Between 1867 and 1870 he worked for the Ministry of Finance . From 1870 to 1883 he was employed in the administration of the District Court in York County.

Politically, Allen was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887 . He then became private secretary to Congressman Thomas Brackett Reed , who was then also Speaker of the House of Representatives . In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis , where William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate.

Following the resignation of Reed as congressman Allen was when made necessary by-election in the first constituency elected by Maine as his successor in the US House of Representatives. There he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1899. After five re-elections, he remained in Congress until his death on February 20, 1911 .

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SURNAME	Allen, Amos L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allen, Amos Lawrence (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Waterboro , Maine
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1911
Place of death	Washington, DC