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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Heman 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Allen, Heman, of Milton (1777-1844) )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), (1777 - 1844) )〕 He was elected as a Whig candidate to the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1831 until March 3, 1839.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Rep. Heman "of Milton" Allen )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Allen, H. (Heman), 1777-1844. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heman Allen (of Milton)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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