Edward Payson Allen (October 28, 1839 – November 25, 1909) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
Allen was born in Sharon Township, Michigan and attended the district and select schools. Sharon Township is a Civil township of Washtenaw County in the U He graduated from the State normal school (now Eastern Michigan University) in 1864. Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive co-educational Public university located in Ypsilanti Michigan. After graduating near the end of the American Civil War, Allen enlisted and helped to raise a company for the Twenty-ninth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The 29th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was commissioned first lieutenant in September 1864 and later, captain. First Lieutenant is a Military rank. The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see Comparative military ranks He mustered out with his regiment in September 1865.
Allen graduated from the law school of University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in March 1867 and was admitted to the bar. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction He commenced practice in Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti (ˌɪpsɨˈlænti Ǐp'-sǐ-lǎn-tē but often /ˌjɪpsɨˈlænti/ by outsiders is a city in Washtenaw County in the U He became assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1869 and prosecuting attorney of Washtenaw County in 1872. Washtenaw County (ˈwɒʃtɨnɔː is a county in the US state of Michigan. He was alderman of Ypsilanti 1872-1874 and was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1876 and again in 1878, at which time he was elected speaker pro tempore. The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. He was mayor of Ypsilanti in 1880 and was appointed United States Indian agent for Michigan in August 1882, serving until December 1885.
Allen lost his first election for the United States House of Representatives in 1884. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. In 1886, Allen was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd District for the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891. The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and the The Fifty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and
After leaving Congress, Allen resumed the practice of law and was a member of the State board of agriculture 1897-1903 and was again mayor of Ypsilanti in 1899 and 1900. He was a member of the State soldiers’ home board 1903-1909. Allen died from a stroke in Ypsilanti and is interred in Highland Cemetery there. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain
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| Preceded by Nathaniel B. Eldredge |
United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan 1887– 1891 |
Succeeded by James S. Gorman |