biography
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Allen, William (USA)
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| lived:
| (1803–79)
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| biography:
| US representative and governor, born in Edenton, North Carolina, USA. He moved to Ohio (1819) and was admitted to the bar (1827). He served in the US House of Representatives (Democrat, Ohio, 1833–5) and in the US Senate (Democrat, Ohio, 1837–49). An ardent expansionist, he was chairman of the committee on foreign relations, and acted as a spokesperson for President James Polk during the deliberations on the start of the Mexican War. An anti-war Democrat during the Civil War, he later served as governor of Ohio (1874–6). Ohio placed his statue in the US Capitol. |
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