Nathaniel Allen

Nathaniel Allen

Nathaniel Allen (* 1780 in East Bloomfield , New York , † December 22, 1832 in Louisville , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1821 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Robert Lawson Rose was his son-in-law.

Career

Nathaniel Allen was born in Ontario County during the War of Independence . He attended community schools. Then he worked as a blacksmith in Canandaigua . In 1796 he had his own forge in Richmond near Allens Hill. He served as an officer in a militia . On July 1, 1811, he was appointed postmaster of Honeoye Falls . During the British-American War in 1812 he worked as a commissioner and purser on the Niagara state border. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1812 . Between 1815 and 1819 he was a sheriff in Ontario County.

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the 1818 congressional elections for the 16th Congress , Allen was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Benjamin Ellicott and John Canfield Spencer on March 4, 1819 , which previously together represented the 21st district in the US House of Representatives. Since he on a run again in 1820 renounced, resigned from after March 3, 1821 Congress of.

In 1824 he became a supervisor at Richmond - a post he held until 1826. Allen then went on to prosecute monetary claims related to the construction of the Louisville & Portland Canal . He died on December 22, 1832 on a business trip at the Gault House Hotel in Louisville. His body was buried in the Episcopal Church cemetery on Allens Hill.

Web links

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

• Nathaniel Allen in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Nathaniel Allen on The Political Graveyard website