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| Keywords: WilliamAllen.jpg Source http //bioguide congress gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150 jpg ALLEN William a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Edenton Chowan County N C December 18 or December 27 1803; moved to Lynchburg Va and attended private schools; moved to Chillicothe Ohio in 1819; attended Chillicothe Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Chillicothe; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in January 1837; reelected in 1843 and served from March 4 1837 to March 3 1849; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849; chairman Committee on Foreign Relations Twenty-ninth Congress ; retired to his estate â  Fruit Hill â  near Chillicothe Ross County Ohio and engaged in farming and stock raising; Governor of Ohio 1874-1876; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1875; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at â  Fruit Hill â  July 11 1879; interment in Grand View Cemetery Chillicothe Ohio DEFAULTSORT Allen William William Allen governor en commons category Black and white photographs PD-USGov original upload log page en wikipedia WilliamAllen jpg 2003-08-17 03 28 RickK 166×216×8 16276 bytes <nowiki>v http //bioguide congress gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150 jpg</nowiki> | ||||
