John B. Allen

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John Beard Allen

United States Senator from Washington
In office November 20, 1889 – March 4, 1893
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	John L. Wilson
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington Territory's at-large district
In office March 4, 1889 – November 11, 1889
Preceded by	Charles Stewart Voorhees
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1845-05-18)May 18, 1845 Crawfordsville, Indiana
Died	January 28, 1903(1903-01-28) (aged 57) Seattle, Washington
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Michigan

John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845 – January 28, 1903) was an American politician from the state of Washington. He was a Republican.

Biography

Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He served as a private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and passed the bar in 1869. He moved to Washington in 1870, and started a law practice in Olympia.

He served as United States attorney (1875–1885), and as reporter for the supreme court for the Territory of Washington from 1878 to 1885.

He was a Republican Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in 1889, and after Washington achieved statehood, he was elected and served in the United States Senate from 1889 to 1893. After the legislature failed to select a Senator for the following term, Allen was appointed by the Governor of Washington, but was not seated by the Senate.^[1]

After leaving public office, Allen went into private law practice in Seattle, Washington, where he died of cardiovascular disease in 1903 aged 57.

John B. Allen Elementary School was dedicated in 1904, part of the Seattle School District. Seattle School District architect, James Stephens, designed the two-story, wooden building, which housed 278 students at the end of its first year. In 1917, the District opened a second brick building and enrollment increased, peaking at 758 in 1933. The school closed in June 1981.

References

↑ The Legacy Preservation Library, via www.usgennet.org

External links

John B. Allen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
The Political Graveyard
John B. Allen School

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Stewart Voorhees	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington Territory's at-large congressional district March 4, 1889 – November 11, 1889	District eliminated
United States Senate
Preceded by None	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Washington November 20, 1889 – March 4 4, 1893 Served alongside: Watson C. Squire	Succeeded by John L. Wilson

v t e United States Senators from Washington

Class 1	Allen Wilson Foster Piles Poindexter Dill Schwellenbach Wallgren Mitchell Cain Jackson Evans Gorton Cantwell

Class 3	Squire Turner Ankeny Jones Grammer Bone Magnuson Gorton Adams Murray

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50706079 LCCN: n86071526

Persondata
Name	Allen, John B.
Alternative names
Short description	Union United States Army soldier
Date of birth	May 18, 1845
Place of birth	Crawfordsville, Indiana
Date of death	January 28, 1903
Place of death	Seattle, Washington

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