# James Allison Jr.

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**James Allison Jr.** (October 4, 1772 – June 17, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) from 1823 to 1825.

## Biography

James Allison Jr. (father of [John Allison](/source/John_Allison_(Representative))) was born near [Elkton, Maryland](/source/Elkton,_Maryland). He moved with his parents to [Washington County, Pennsylvania](/source/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania), in 1774. At seventeen years of age, he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of [Beaver, Pennsylvania](/source/Beaver,_Pennsylvania).

He saw service in the Indian warfare at [Yellow Creek](/source/Yellow_Creek_(Juniata_River)). He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796, and commenced practice in Washington, Pennsylvania. He returned to Beaver in 1803 and continued the practice of law until 1822, when he was elected to Congress. He served as prosecuting attorney of [Beaver County, Pennsylvania](/source/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania), from 1803 to 1809.

## Congress

Allison was elected as a Jackson Republican to the [Eighteenth](/source/18th_United_States_Congress) and a Jacksonian to the [Nineteenth](/source/19th_United_States_Congress) Congresses and served until his resignation on August 26, 1825 before the assembling of the Nineteenth Congress.[1]

## Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law until 1848, after which he discontinued active pursuits and lived in retirement until his death in Beaver in 1854. He was interred in Old Cemetery.

## References

1. Dubin, Michael. *United States Congressional Elections 1788-1997*, p. 85.

- [Profile](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allison.html), PoliticalGraveyard.com. Accessed March 28, 2024.

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