Joseph Allen (congressman)
American politician (1749–1827)
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Joseph Allen (September 2, 1749 – September 2, 1827) was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1810–1811).
Joseph Allen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district | |
| In office October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811 | |
| Preceded by | Jabez Upham |
| Succeeded by | Elijah Brigham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 2, 1749 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | September 2, 1827 (aged 78) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Federalist |
| Children | George Allen |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
He was born in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and graduated from Harvard College in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, in 1774, moving to Worcester in 1776. In Worcester he served as a County Clerk from 1776 to 1810. In 1788 he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1810 as a Federalist, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Jabez Upham previously that year, and he served in that capacity through 1811. He declined to run for re-election to a full term. Afterwards, he served as a Massachusetts State Councilor from 1815 through 1818. He died in Worcester in 1827.
References
- Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
- United States Congress. "Joseph Allen (id: A000136)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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