| 词条 | Ebenezer Allen (Texas politician) |
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Ebenezer C. Allen (April 8, 1804 – 1863) was Secretary of State and the last Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was also Attorney General of the State of Texas. He was an early Texas railroad promoter. He died fighting against the constitutionally elected government in the U.S. Civil War. Early lifeAllen was born in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1804[1] to David and Hannah (Wilcox) Allen. Legal career and move to TexasHe attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1826. Allen moved to Orono, Maine, and married Sylvina Morse in 1833. He practiced law there for a time before he went to Galveston, Texas.[2] He arrived during the Texas Revolution and practiced law in Galveston. Official of the Republic of TexasOn December 9, 1844, Allen was elected Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He served under President Anson Jones, resigning in July 1845. He then served as acting Secretary of State, during the absence of Ashbel Smith, assisting with the annexation negotiations with the United States Government. Later careerAllen was the primary business leader of the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company when the State of Texas granted the company a charter in 1848.[1] Later the company changed its name to the Houston and Texas Central Railway in the 1850s and Allen continued to lead the company. In 1850, Allen was elected Attorney General as a Democrat, serving under Governor Peter Hansborough Bell from 1850 to 1853.[1] He was the first state of Texas Attorney General to be elected, as this position had previously been filled by appointment.[3] In 1861, with Texas' secession from the United States, Allen entered the service of the Confederate States of America. He died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863.[2] , MemorialsThe city of Allen, Texas, which was founded when the Houston and Texas Central Railway built a depot there, was named for Ebenezer Allen. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal18|series=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=August 31, 2018|title=ALLEN, EBENEZER|last=Hazelwood|first=Claudia|date=August 24, 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box2. ^1 Charles T. Morrissey, Expatriates: New Hampshire and Vermont in Texas, Dartmouth College Library Bulletin, November 1997 3. ^{{cite book|page=145|last=Henson|first=Margaret Swett|title=Samuel May Williams: Early Texas Entrepreneur|publisher=Texas A & M University Press|location=College Station, TX|year=1976|via=archive.org|subscription=yes}} |title=Attorney General of the Republic of Texas |before=George W. Terrell |after=William Beck Ochiltree |years=1844–1845}}{{succession box |title=Attorney General of Texas |before=Andrew Jackson Hamilton |after=Thomas J. Jennings |years=1850–1853}}{{s-end}}{{Texas Attorney General}}{{Portal bar|Biography|Law|Texas|New Hampshire}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Ebenezer}} 8 : 1804 births|1863 deaths|Texas Attorneys General|Texas Democrats|Texas lawyers|People from Galveston, Texas|19th-century American politicians|People from Orono, Maine |
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