Heman Allen

Whig Representative of Vermont's 4th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

June 14, 1777 (67 years old)

Birthday

December 11, 1844

Death

American lawyer and politician from Vermont.
First resident lawyer in Milton, Vermont.
Served multiple terms in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Elected to three consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate.
Later elected as a Whig candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during his congressional service.
Unsuccessful in seeking reelection after his term as a Whig.
Resumed law practice after leaving Congress.
Involved as a director of the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.
Married with eight children.
Died in Burlington, Vermont, and is buried in Elmwood Avenue Cemetery.