Joseph Allen (congressman)

Joseph Allen (September 2, 1749-September 2, 1827) was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1810-1811).

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1774, moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1776. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1810, serving in that capacity through 1811. He died in Worcester in 1827.

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Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Jabez Upham	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811	Succeeded by Elijah Brigham