Thomas Allen (Wisconsin politician)

For other people of the same name, see Thomas Allen.

Thomas Scott Allen (1825–1905) was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served as the state's ninth Secretary of State for two terms from January 1, 1866 to January 3, 1870. He was a Republican and served under Governor Lucius Fairchild. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1853. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.^[1] He would be brevetted a brigadier general.

He resided in Mineral Point, Wisconsin at the time of his election.

Notes

Anderson, William J.; William A. Anderson (ed.). The Wisconsin blue book, 1929. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company. pp. 144. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.WIBlueBk1929&isize=M. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
Barish, Lawrence S. (ed.). "Chapter 8: Statistical Information on Wisconsin" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 721. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/statistics.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-23.

Political offices
Preceded by Lucius Fairchild	Secretary of State of Wisconsin 1866–1870	Succeeded by Llywelyn Breese

Secretaries of State of Wisconsin

Territory	Horner • Slaughter • Dunn • Field • Floyd • Catlin

State	McHugh • Barstow • Robinson • Gray • Jones • Harvey • Lewis • Fairchild • Allen • Breese • Doyle • Warner • Timme • Cunningham • Casson • Froehlich • Houser • Frear • Donald • Hull • Hall • F. Zimmerman • Dammann • F. Zimmerman • Allis • Wise • R. Zimmerman • La Follette • Phillips • La Follette

Persondata
Name	Allen, Thomas S.
Alternative names
Short description	Politician; Secretary of State of Wisconsin
Date of birth	1825
Place of birth	?
Date of death	1905
Place of death	?