Heman Allen (of Milton)

This article is about the politician from Milton, Vermont. For other people, see Heman Allen (disambiguation).

Heman Allen
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 4th district
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	Benjamin Swift
Succeeded by	John Smith
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1810–1814 1816 1817 1822 1824–1826
Personal details
Born	(1777-06-14)June 14, 1777 Ashfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian Party (United States) and Whig
Spouse(s)	Sarah Ann "Sally" Prentis Allen
Children	Heman Jr. Allen, Lucius Alle, George Allen, Sarah Allen, Charles Prentis Allen, Joseph William Allen, Julia Allen and James Heman Allen
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Heman Allen (June 14, 1777 – December 11, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician from Milton, Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative.

Biography

Allen was born in Ashfield (now Deerfield, Massachusetts) to Enoch Allen and Mercy Belding Allen. He attended an academy in Chesterfield, New Hampshire for two years before moving to Grand Isle, Vermont.

He read law with Elnathan Keyes of Burlington and the Honorable Judge Parker of St. Albans. Allen was admitted to the bar in 1803. He began the practice of law in Milton, and was the first resident lawyer in Milton.

Allen served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1810 until 1814, 1816, 1817, 1822 and from 1824 until 1826. He moved to Burlington in 1828 and continued the practice of law.

He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was elected as a Whig candidate to the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1831 until March 3, 1839.

While in Congress, Allen served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during the Twenty-third through Twenty-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, Allen resumed the practice of law. He was a director of the Lake Champlain Steamboat Company.

Personal life

Allen married Sarah Ann "Sally" Prentis Allen on December 4, 1804. They had eight children; Heman Jr. Allen, Lucius Alle, George Allen, Sarah Allen, Charles Prentis Allen, Joseph William Allen, Julia Allen and James Heman Allen.

Allen was the distant cousin of Heman Allen (of Colchester), United States Representative from Colchester, Vermont and America's first United States Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile.

Death

Allen died in Burlington on December 11, 1844, and is interred at the Elmwood Avenue Cemetery in Burlington.

External links

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), (1777 - 1844)
• Inventory of the Allen Family Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library
• Find A Grave: Heman Allen
• Govtrack.us: Rep. Heman “of Milton” Allen
• The Political Graveyard: Allen, Heman, of Milton (1777-1844)
• Burlington, Vermont

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin Swift	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 4th congressional district 4 March 1831–3 March 1839	Succeeded by John Smith

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.