John Allison

Opposition Representative of Pennsylvania's 23rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

August 5, 1812 (65 years old)

Birthday

March 23, 1878

Death

Served in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1850s
Initially studied law but did not practice, choosing instead to establish a hat factory
Served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1846, 1847, and 1849
Elected to the U.S. House as a Whig in 1850, lost re-election in 1852, but won back the seat in 1854 as an Oppositionist, and retired in 1856
Active in early Republican Party politics, serving as a delegate to their 1856 convention and nominating Abraham Lincoln for Vice President
Appointed Register of the U.S. Treasury in 1869, holding the position until his death
Interred in Beaver Cemetery