| 词条 | John Allen (Connecticut politician) |
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For similarly named people, including several Congressmen, see John Allen{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox Officeholder | name = John Allen |image= |state = Connecticut |district = At-large |term_start = March 4, 1797 |term_end = March 3, 1799 |predecessor = Samuel W. Dana |successor = Bailey Bartlett |office2 = Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors |term_start2 = 1774 |term_end2 = 1776 |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |state3 = |district3 = |term_start3 = |term_end3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |office4 = Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives |term4 = 1793-1796 |birth_date= {{Birth date|1763|6|12|mf=y}} |birth_place= Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date= {{Death date and age|1812|7|31|1763|6|12|mf=y}} | death_place= Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S. | occupation = Lawyer, Politician | spouse = Ursula McCurdy Allen | children = John W. Allen and Ursula Allen | parents = |relations = Elizur Goodrich |citizenship = {{US}} |nationality = |party = Federalist |otherparty = |alma_mater = Litchfield Law School |religion = Congregationalist[1] }} John Allen (June 12, 1763 – July 31, 1812) was an eighteenth-century lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut and as a member of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. Early life and careerAllen was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools and taught school in Germantown, Pennsylvania and New Milford, Connecticut, before studying law at the Litchfield Law School from 1784 to 1786.[2] Allen was admitted to the bar in 1786 and began the practice of law in Litchfield, Connecticut. Allen began his political career as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, serving in the State House from 1793 to 1796.[3] He served as clerk of the State House in 1796.[4] He was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799.[5] He was a proponent of the Alien and Sedition Acts. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1798. He was a member of the State council and of the Supreme Court of Errors from 1800 to 1806.[6] He continued the practice of law in Litchfield until his death in 1812.[7] Allen is interred in East Cemetery in Litchfield. Personal lifeAllen married Ursula McCurdy, a graduate of the Litchfield Female Academy.[8] They had two children, John W. Allen and Ursula Allen. Their son John W. Allen was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841.[9][10] Allen's sister, Annie Willard Allen Goodrich, was married to Elizur Goodrich, a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801.[11][12] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Great Barrington, Mass. First Congregational church|title=Manual of the First Congregational church in Great Barrington, Mass|year=1873|publisher=Riverside Press|pages=55|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dmA3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 }} 2. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/48|title = John Allen|publisher= Litchfield Historical Society|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|url= http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=9660|title = John Allen House (1799)|publisher= Historic Buildings of Connecticut|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url= http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/A/ALLEN,-John-(A000129)/|title = Allen, John|publisher= History, Art & Archives United States House of Representatives|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/john_allen/400785|title = Rep. John Allen|publisher= Govtrack.us|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html|title = Allen, John (1763-1812)|publisher= The Political Graveyard |accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Lanman|first=Charles|title=Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States: during its first century. From original and official sources|year=1876|publisher=J. Anglim|pages=5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WG8sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=john+allen+Great+Barrington,+Mass&source=bl&ots=Q-k6qTib3w&sig=4PhcY5v4ejIq-519kPilOY6KcCo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WbHxUJWOCaKG2wXswYD4BA&ved=0CG4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=john%20allen%20Great%20Barrington%2C%20Mass&f=false}} 8. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/49|title = Ursula McCurdy Allen|publisher= Litchfield Historical Society|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92|title = Allen, John William (1802-1887)|publisher= The Political Graveyard|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000135|title=ALLEN, John William, (1802 - 1887) |publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= January 9, 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/48|title = John Allen|publisher= Litchfield Historical Society|accessdate =January 9, 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000294|title= GOODRICH, Elizur, (1761 - 1849)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= January 9, 2013}} ==External links==
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