American politician
Nathaniel Allen
(1780 ? December 22, 1832) was an
American
politician, and a
United States representative
from
New York
.
Biography
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Nathaniel Allen was born the second son of Moses and Chloe Ward Allen in what is now
East Bloomfield
,
Ontario County
,
New York
before the town was established. He attended the common schools. He married Hilzibeth Akin and they had four children, Nathaniel, John, Hilzebeth, and Almira. His wife, Hilzebth died in 1826.
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Career
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Allen worked as a
blacksmith
at
Canandaigua, New York
before he started his own blacksmith shop at Richmond, near Allens Hill in 1796. He appointed postmaster in Honeoye Falls on July 1, 1811. He was commissioner and paymaster on the Niagara frontier in 1812, and was a militia officer during the
War of 1812
as was his brother,
Peter Buell Allen
. He served as a New York Assemblyman in 1812. He was Sheriff of
Ontario County, New York
from 1814 to 1819.
Elected as a
Democratic-Republican
to the
16th United States Congress
for one term, Allen served as
U.S. Representative
for the twenty-first district of New York from March 4, 1819 ? March 4, 1821.
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Not a candidate for renomination in 1820, Allen was
Supervisor
of the
Town of Richmond
. He engaged in the prosecution of claims for money due in connection with the construction of the Louisville & Portland Canal.
Death
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Allen died in the
Galt House
hotel, while conducting business in
Louisville, Kentucky
, on December 22, 1832 (age about 52 years). He is
interred
at Allens Hill Cemetery, Richmond, New York.
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