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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJohn William ALLEN
(1802-1887)
ALLEN, John William, (son
of John Allen), a Representative from Ohio; born in Litchfield,
Conn., in August 1802; attended preparatory schools; moved to
Chenango County, N.Y., in 1818, where he received a classical
education and studied law; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1825 and
continued the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and
commenced practice in Cleveland; president of the village
1831-1835; member of the board of directors of the Commercial Bank
of Lake Erie upon its reorganization in 1832; one of the
incorporators of the Cleveland & Newburg Railroad Co. in 1834
and an organizer of the Ohio Railroad Co. in 1836; served in the
State senate in 1836 and 1837; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,
1841); was not a candidate for reelection; elected mayor of
Cleveland in 1841; elected president of the Cleveland, Columbus
& Cincinnati Railroad in 1845; delegate to the first convention
on river and harbor improvement, held in Chicago in 1847; appointed
postmaster of Cleveland by President Grant on April 4, 1870,
reappointed April 4, 1874, and served until his resignation January
11, 1875; one of the first bank commissioners of Ohio; died in
Cleveland, Ohio, October 5, 1887; interment in Erie Street
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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