Robert Allen (Tennessee)

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Robert Allen (June 19, 1778– August 19, 1844) was an American merchant and politician from Carthage, Tennessee. He represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 until 1827.

Allen was born in Augusta County, Virginia, and attended schools there, culminating in William and Mary College. After graduating from his law studies, he moved to Carthage, Tennessee and took up practice as a lawyer in 1804.

During the War of 1812, he served as a colonel under General Andrew Jackson; after the war, he was elected to the House, serving four terms. While there, he chaired the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (regarding claims from the U.S. Revolutionary War). He declined to stand for re-election in the 1826 elections, and retired to Tennessee at the end of the term. There, he engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits until his death in 1844.

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