Gideon Winans Allen
Gideon Winans Allen (March 28, 1835 – February 28, 1912), was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Gideon Winans Allen was born in
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1862[1] and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1864.[2] After graduating, Allen practiced law in Madison, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,[3] and Carthage, Missouri
.
Allen married Annie M. Cox (1840–1895) on May 16, 1865. They had five children.[4]
He died in Sturgeon Bay on February 12, 1912.[5]
Political career
Allen was a member of the
Wisconsin Assembly in 1872. He had previously been an unsuccessful candidate in 1869.[6] In addition, Allen was District Attorney of Door County, Wisconsin,[3] City Attorney of Carthage and of Sturgeon Bay and Clerk of the Sturgeon Bay school board. He was a Democrat
.
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reuben Gold Thwaites, ed. (1900). The University of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: J. N. Purcell. pp. 696-697.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Inventory of The Allen Family Papers, 1862–1964". The Newberry Library. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ "Action By the Door County Bar". Sturgeon Bay Advocate. September 5, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved June 14, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (11th ed.). Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver. 1872. p. 447.
