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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaJames Browning ALLEN
(1912-1978)
Senate Years of Service:
1969-1978Party: DemocratALLEN, James Browning,
(husband of Maryon Pittman Allen), a Senator from Alabama; born in
Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., December 28, 1912; attended public
schools of Gadsden, University of Alabama, and University of
Alabama Law School; practiced law in Gadsden, Ala., from 1935 to
1968; member of the Alabama State legislature 1938-1942; resigned
to enter active duty in the United States Naval Reserve 1943-1946;
member of the Alabama State senate 1946-1950; lieutenant governor
of Alabama 1951-1955, 1963-1967; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate, November 5, 1968; reelected in 1974, and
served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Gulf Shores, Ala.
on June 1, 1978; interment in Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
Bibliography
U.S. Congress. Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States. Together with Remarks
Presented in Eulogy of James B. Allen, Late a Senator from
Alabama. 85th Cong., 2d sess. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1978; Watson, Elbert L. “James Browning Allen.”
In Alabama United States Senators, pp. 146-49. Huntsville,
AL: Strode Publishers, 1982.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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