File:WilliamAllen.jpg
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Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150.jpg">http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150.jpg</a> ALLEN, William, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., December 18 or December 27, 1803; moved to Lynchburg, Va., and attended private schools; moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1819; attended Chillicothe Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Chillicothe; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in January 1837; reelected in 1843, and served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1849; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-ninth Congress); retired to his estate, âFruit Hill,â near Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, and engaged in farming and stock raising; Governor of Ohio 1874-1876; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1875; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at âFruit Hill,â July 11, 1879; interment in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/commons:category:Black_and_white_photographs" class="extiw" title="en:commons:category:Black and white photographs">en:commons:category:Black and white photographs</a>
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current | 15:23, 3 January 2017 | ![]() | 166 × 216 (16 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150.jpg">http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/A/A000150.jpg</a> ALLEN, William, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., December 18 or December 27, 1803; moved to Lynchburg, Va., and attended private schools; moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1819; attended Chillicothe Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Chillicothe; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in January 1837; reelected in 1843, and served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1849; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-ninth Congress); retired to his estate, âFruit Hill,â near Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, and engaged in farming and stock raising; Governor of Ohio 1874-1876; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1875; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at âFruit Hill,â July 11, 1879; interment in Grand View Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/commons:category:Black_and_white_photographs" class="extiw" title="en:commons:category:Black and white photographs">en:commons:category:Black and white photographs</a> |
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