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John William Allen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded byJonathan Sloane
Succeeded bySherlock James Andrews
Personal details
Born-
August, 1802
Litchfield, Connecticut
DiedOctober 5, 1887(1887-10-05) (aged 85)
Cleveland, Ohio
Resting placeErie Street Cemetery
Political partyWhig
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John William Allen (August, 1802 – October 5, 1887) was a lawyer and politician from Ohio.

John W. Allen was born in Litchfield, Connecticut in August, 1802. He was the son of Representative John Allen. He attended preparatory schools and moved to Chenango County, New York in 1818. He received a classical education and studied law.[1]

Allen moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1825, and studied law under judge Samuel Cowles and became a leader of the bar.[2] He was president of the village 1831-1835, a member of the board of directors of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie in 1832, and one of the incorporators of the Cleveland and Newburgh Railroad Company in 1834.[1]

Allen was an organizer of the Ohio Railroad in 1836, and served in the Ohio State Senate 1836-37. He was elected to the 25th and 26th Congresses as a Whig, and served March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841. He was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1841.[1]

In 1845, Allen was elected president of the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, and was a delegate to the first convention on river and harbor improvement, held in Chacago in 1847.[1] When the Whig party dissolved in the 1850s, he joined with the Republicans.[2] He was appointed postmaster of Cleveland April 4, 1870 by President Grant, and was re-appointed in 1874, serving until he resigned January 11, 1875. He died in Cleveland on October 5, 1887, and was interred at Erie Street Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "ALLEN, John William (1802-1887)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, James Harrison (1896). A history of the city of Cleveland, its settlement, rise and progress. Cleveland: The Imperial Press. pp. 216, 217. OCLC 11172938.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Cleveland
1841 		Succeeded by
Ohio Senate
Preceded by
Frederick Whittlesey
 Senator from Cuyahoga County
December 7, 1835-March 3, 1837 		Succeeded by
Simeon Fuller

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