Allen Hutchins

Allen Hutchins moved to Adrian, Michigan, in 1833 from Orleans County, New York, and practiced law there until 1836.^[1]

He was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 and served as a representative from Lenawee County through 1836.^[2] In 1836, he was appointed receiver of the land office in Ionia, Michigan.^[1] He was accused of being a defaulter while in office, and excoriated by the Whig-leaning newspapers, although he proclaimed his innocence. He returned to Adrian after his term and died a few years later.^[3]

• Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved November 12, 2018
• Bonner, Richard I., ed. (1909), Memoirs of Lenawee County, Michigan, Madison: Western Historical Association, retrieved December 11, 2018
• Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved November 13, 2018
• Stacy, C. A. (1882), "Lenawee County: Lenawee's Pioneer Lawyers", Michigan Historical Collections, vol. 5, Lansing: Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, pp. 441–444, retrieved December 11, 2018

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