Gideon Winans Allen
Gideon Winans Allen (March 28, 1835 – February 28, 1912), was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Gideon Winans Allen was born in New London Township, Ohio on March 28, 1835. He moved to Trempealeau, Wisconsin in 1856 and to Madison, Wisconsin the following year. Allen graduated from what is now the 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
[edit | edit source]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.
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- People from New London, Ohio
- People from Trempealeau, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
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- People from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- People from Carthage, Missouri
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- District attorneys in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin city attorneys
- School board members in Wisconsin
- Missouri Democrats
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- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- 1835 births
- 1912 deaths
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature