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Robert Edward Lee Allen (November 28, 1865 – January 28, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia. ==Biography== Born in Lima, West Virginia in Tyler County, Allen attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. He was graduated from the literary department of the West Virginia University in Morgantown in 1894 and from its school of law in 1895. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice at Morgantown. He served as a member of the city council from 1895 to 1917. Allen spent the years 1917 to 1921 as deputy collector of internal revenue for the district of West Virginia. He served as judge of the city court 1921-1923. Allen was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress and for election in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Morgantown, W.Virginia, until his retirement in 1927. He moved to Preston County, and operated a summer resort at Brookside 1929-1939. He resided in Aurora, West Virginia, until his death in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, January 28, 1951. He was interred in Kingwood Cemetery, Kingwood, West Virginia. 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「Robert E. Lee Allen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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