Stephen Allen

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Stephen Allen
In office
December, 1821 – 1824
Preceded by Cadwallader D. Colden
Succeeded by William Paulding, Jr.
Born July 2, 1767
Died July 28, 1852 (aged 85)
Riverdale, Bronx, New York
Nationality American

Stephen Allen (July 2, 1767 - July 28, 1852) was the Mayor of New York from for three terms from December 1821 through 1824[1]

Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor.[2][3]

Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon Canal Company in February 1824[4]

Allen lived in 1 Washington Square North after 1835[5]

He died in the Henry Clay Steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852 in Riverdale, Bronx and is buried in the New York City Marble Cemetery

[edit] See also

List of mayors of New York City

[edit] References

  1. ^ NYC list of Mayors
  2. ^ NYNY1824
  3. ^ Untitled Document
  4. ^ NYNY1824
  5. ^ "It Happened in Washington Square" By Emily Kies Folpe, 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801870887

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