Amos Lawrence Allen

Republican Representative of Maine's 1st district

Congresses Served

House Terms

March 17, 1837 (73 years old)

Birthday

February 20, 1911

Death

Served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1899 to 1911.
Attended common schools, Whitestown Seminary, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1860.
Studied law at Columbian Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1866, though he never practiced law.
Worked as a clerk in the U.S. Treasury Department from 1867 to 1870.
Elected clerk of the courts for York County, Maine, serving from 1870 until 1883, with three reelections.
Served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887.
Acted as private secretary to Speaker Thomas B. Reed during multiple Congress sessions.
Elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill a vacancy and was subsequently reelected for five consecutive terms.
Died in Washington, D.C., from pneumonia while still in office.