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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KansasALLEN, Henry Justin
(1868—1950)
Senate Years of Service:
1929-1930
Party:
Republican
ALLEN, Henry Justin, a Senator from Kansas; born in Pittsfield, Warren County, Pa., September 11, 1868; moved with his parents to Kansas in 1870 and settled on a farm near Clifton, Clay County; attended the public schools, Washburn College, Topeka, Kans., and graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kans., in 1890; became a newspaper reporter and editorial writer; during the Spanish-American War served as a war correspondent in Cuba; member of the press galleries of the United States Congress 1914-1916; owner of several Kansas newspapers; served with the American Red Cross in France as head of the home communication service during the First World War; Governor of Kansas 1919-1923; special commissioner of the Near East Relief to Armenia, Turkey, Greece, and Southern Russia in 1923 and 1924; director of publicity for the Republican National Committee in the campaign of 1928; appointed on April 1, 1929, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Curtis and served from April 1, 1929, to November 30, 1930, when a duly elected successor qualified; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy; editor of the Topeka State Journal and chairman of the board of directors of the Wichita Beacon; died in Wichita, Kans., January 17, 1950; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography.
Allen, Henry J. The Party of the Third Part.
1921. Reprint (with Samuel Gompers, The Kansas Court of Industrial Relations Law). New York: Arno Press, 1971.
___. Venezuela: A Democracy.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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