William V. Allen

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William V. Allen

William Vincent Allen (born January 28, 1847 in Midway , Ohio , † January 12, 1924 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American politician who represented the state of Nebraska twice in the US Senate .

Early years

William Vincent Allen was born on January 28, 1847, in Midway, Ohio, to clergyman Samuel Allen and his wife Phoebe. His father died when William was eleven months old. His family moved to Iowa in 1857 , where Allen attended local schools and made some money working on farms. Although he was only 14 years old, he wanted to join the 14th Iowa Volunteer Regiment after the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. However, due to his age, he was not accepted at the draft. Only a year later did he succeed in becoming a member of Company G of the 32nd Iowa Infantry . After the war, he went back to school and attended Upper Iowa University . He then studied law in West Union . Allen was admitted to the bar in 1869 and started working immediately. He married his wife Blanche Mott, who later bore him four children, on May 2, 1870.

Political rise

William Allen entered the political arena after relocating to Madison , Nebraska with his family in 1884 . Between 1891 and 1893, after being nominated by the Populist Party, he held the office of district judge. From March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1899 he was a populist Senator of the United States from Nebraska. During his tenure he served on the Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection . In 1899 he was re-elected district judge, but resigned that office on December 13, as his successor in the Senate, Monroe Leland Hayward , had died and he was appointed by Governor William A. Poynter as his successor. It was not until March 28, 1901, that Allen was replaced as Senator by Charles Henry Dietrich . He subsequently resumed his profession as a lawyer and was again district judge in 1917.

death

He died in office as judge on January 12, 1924 of complications from cancer. In his party he served as president of the party congress at the state level in 1892, 1894 and 1900 and at the national level in 1896.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allen Appointed Senator , New York Times article, December 14, 1899

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personal data
SURNAME Allen, William V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allen, William Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Midway , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1924
Place of death Los Angeles , California