Samuel Clesson Allen

Samuel Clesson Allen (born January 5, 1772 in Bernardston , Franklin County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  February 8, 1842 in Northfield , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1829 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Allen attended the public schools in New Salem and then to 1794, the Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). He studied theology and served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Northfield until 1798 . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1800, he began working in this profession in New Salem. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . Allen was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts between 1806 and 1810 ; from 1812 to 1815 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 1816 congressional election , Allen was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Samuel Taggart on March 4, 1817 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1829 . Since 1823 he represented the seventh district of his state as the successor to Henry W. Dwight . From 1821 to 1829 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . He was then a staunch supporter of President John Quincy Adams . In 1828 he renounced another candidacy.

From 1829 to 1830 he was a member of the Advisory Board of the Governor of Massachusetts; In 1831 he was re-elected to the State Senate. In Massachusetts he stood up for the farmers and workers and became a member of the regional Massachusetts' Workingmen Party , which nominated him in the years 1833 and 1834 as an unsuccessful candidate for the office of governor. Allen also lectured at Amherst College , where he was also a board member. He also served on the University of Vermont Board of Trustees . Samuel Allen died in Northfield on February 8, 1842. His son Elisha (1804-1883) was also a member of Congress for the state of Maine .

Web links

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

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