Joseph Allen (politician)

Joseph Allen (born September 2, 1749 in Boston , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  September 2, 1827 in Worcester , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . In 1810 and 1811 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Allen was a nephew of Samuel Adams (1722-1803), who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Massachusetts. He grew up during the British colonial era and studied at Harvard College until 1774 . He then moved to Leicester , where he did private business. From 1776 he lived in Worcester. Between 1776 and 1810 he was employed as a county clerk in the administration of Worcester County . In 1788, Allen was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution . Until 1810 he also worked in court administration.

Politically, Allen became a member of the Federalist Party . After the resignation of MP Jabez Upham , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , when he was due for the by-election for the tenth seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on October 8, 1810. Since he renounced another candidacy in the regular elections of that year, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1811 . Between 1815 and 1818, Joseph Allen was State Councilor of Massachusetts. He died in Worcester on September 2, 1827, his 78th birthday.

Web links

• Joseph Allen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Allen in the database of Find a Grave (English)