Alfred Gaither Allen

Democrat Representative of Ohio's 2nd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

July 23, 1867 (65 years old)

Birthday

December 9, 1932

Death

Served three terms as a U.S. Representative from 1911 to 1917.
Graduated from Wilmington High School and Cincinnati Law School, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi.
Admitted to the bar in 1890 and began practicing law in Cincinnati.
Held the position of United States commissioner from 1896 to 1900.
Participated as a delegate in the Democratic State conventions in 1901 and 1908.
Served on the city council from 1906 to 1908 and on the board of the sinking-fund trustees of Cincinnati from 1908 to 1910.
Declined renomination for Congress in 1916 to resume his law practice.
Was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920.
Served as president of the Cincinnati Bar Association in 1925 and 1926.
Died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1932 and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington, Ohio.
Married Clara B. Forbes in 1901, with whom he had two children.
Was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.