Henry_C._Allen_(Virginia_politician)

Henry C. Allen (Virginia politician)

Henry C. Allen (Virginia politician)

American politician

For the Virginia politician from Pittsylvania County, see Henry C. Allen (1844–1925).

Henry Clay Allen (March 19, 1838 – October 31, 1889) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. He represented Shenandoah County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as that body's Speaker from 1877 until 1879.

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Early and family life

Henry C. Allen was a middle son born at Beaver Dam, Botetourt County, Virginia, to lawyer and former Congressman, then Judge John J. Allen. His uncle Robert Allen also was a Congressmen.

On January 24, 1867, he married Julia McKay Gatewood.

Career

During the American Civil War, he, his brothers and cousins all enlisted in the Confederate States Army.

After the war, Allen returned to the Shenandoah Valley, where his grandfather had practiced law as well as served as a judge.

Voters elected him to represent Shenandoah County in the Virginia House of Delegates. When Democrat Grover Cleveland became President, Allen was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 1885 until 1889.

References

  • Virginia House of Delegates Clerk's Office. "Henry Clay Allen". House History. Virginia House of Delegates Clerk's Office. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  • List of former Speakers of the House of Delegates, in the old House chamber in the Virginia State Capitol
  • The Political Graveyard


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