# Samuel Clesson Allen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Clesson_Allen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Clesson_Allen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Clesson_Allen > Source revision: 1353585756 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1772–1842) This article is about a US Congressman. For other uses, see [Samuel Clesson Allen (Hawaii)](/source/Samuel_Clesson_Allen_(Hawaii)). Samuel Clesson Allen Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1829 Preceded by Samuel Taggart Succeeded by George Grennell Jr. Constituency 6th district (1817–23) 7th district (1823–29) Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1806–1810 Member of the Massachusetts Senate In office 1812–1815 Personal details Born (1772-01-05)January 5, 1772 Bernardston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America Died February 8, 1842(1842-02-08) (aged 70) Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] Party Federalist Party, Adams, Massachusetts Workingmen's Party **Samuel Clesson Allen** (January 5, 1772 – February 8, 1842) was a U.S. politician from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) during the first third of the 19th century. He began his career as a member of the [Federalist Party](/source/United_States_Federalist_Party), but later became a staunch supporter of [Democratic](/source/United_States_Democratic_Party) presidents [Andrew Jackson](/source/Andrew_Jackson) and [Martin Van Buren](/source/Martin_Van_Buren). Allen was born in [Bernardston](/source/Bernardston%2C_Massachusetts) in the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay) and schooled in nearby [New Salem](/source/New_Salem%2C_Massachusetts). He was descended from Edward Allen (1640–1696), who was born in England and settled in the [Connecticut Colony](/source/Connecticut_Colony).[2] He graduated from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in 1794, and was ordained as a Congregational minister. After serving three years in the pulpit, Allen began to study law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1800. Allen began his career in politics in 1806, when he was elected to the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives). He served in the House until 1810, then served in the [Massachusetts Senate](/source/Massachusetts_Senate) from 1812 to 1815. A year after leaving the state senate, he was elected to the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives), where he sat as a Federalist from 1817 to 1829. He was a noted supporter of the [John Quincy Adams](/source/John_Quincy_Adams) administration. After returning to Massachusetts, Allen became affected by the plight of western Massachusetts farmers and laborers, whose lives were being upended by industrialization. As a result of his observations and concerns, Allen became a vocal supporter of the Massachusetts Workingmen's Party, and was the party's unsuccessful nominee for state governor in 1833 and 1834. Allen died in [Northfield, Massachusetts](/source/Northfield%2C_Massachusetts), and was buried in Bernardston. ## Legacy Allen's son, [Elisha Hunt Allen](/source/Elisha_Hunt_Allen), also served in the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress). ## References and external links - United States Congress. ["Samuel Clesson Allen (id: A000146)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000146). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. - Schlesinger, Arthur M, Jr. *The Age of Jackson*. Boston : Little, Brown, 1953 [1945]. U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Samuel Taggart Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 Succeeded by John Locke Preceded by Henry W. Dwight Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 Succeeded by George Grennell, Jr. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** National Aegis, March 2, 1842 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Edward Allen"](https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edward-allen_118475501). Ancestry.com. Retrieved September 19, 2015. v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb Authority control databases International VIAF FAST WorldCat National United States People US Congress Other Open Library 2 SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel Clesson Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Clesson_Allen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Clesson_Allen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.