William F. Allen (New York politician)
William Fitch Allen (July 28, 1808 – June 3, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He was born on July 28, 1808, in
George Fisher at Oswego until 1833. In 1834, he formed a partnership with Abraham P. Grant which continued until his election to the New York Supreme Court. He was Supervisor of the Town of Oswego in 1836 and 1837.[1]
Allen was a
ex officio on the Court of Appeals in 1854 and 1862. In 1863, he removed to New York City
and resumed the practice of law there.
He was
New York state election, 1869
. He resigned this office in June 1870.
At the
New York special judicial election, 1870, he was elected to the New York Court of Appeals, and in July 1870 became one of the first judges of the new court upon its re-organization after the amendment of the State Constitution in 1869. He remained on the bench until his death on June 3, 1878, in Oswego, New York.[3]
Sources
- ^ History of Oswego County, New York by Crisfield Johnson (L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia PA, 1877; pg. 202)
- ^ Google Books The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 255, 351; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- New York Timeson June 4, 1878
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