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  Allen, Heman
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AffiliationWhig   
NameHeman Allen
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Burlington, Vermont , United States
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Born June 14, 1777
DiedDecember 11, 1844 (67 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifedThomas Walker
May 10, 2006 11:54pm
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InfoALLEN, Heman (of Milton), a Representative from Vermont; born in Ashfield (now Deerfield), Mass., June 14, 1777; attended an academy in Chesterfield, N.H., for two years; moved to Grand Isle, Vt.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Milton, Vt.; member of the State house of representatives 1810-1814, 1816, 1817, 1822, and 1824-1826; moved to Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt., in 1828 and continued the practice of his profession; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1839); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Twenty-third through Twenty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Burlington, Vt., on December 11, 1844; interment in Elmwood Avenue Cemetery.

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  11/13/1838 VT - District 04 - Second Trial Lost 42.18% (-12.31%)
  09/01/1838 VT - District 04 - First Trial Won 45.87% (+0.00%)
  09/06/1836 VT - District 04 Won 60.57% (+21.13%)
  11/11/1834 VT - District 04 - Second Trial Won 51.17% (+17.81%)
  09/02/1834 VT - District 04 - First Trial Won 41.37% (+9.45%)
  01/01/1833 VT - District 04 Won 59.51% (+30.17%)
  06/04/1832 VT - District 04 - Eleventh Trial Won 52.99% (+30.61%)
  04/02/1832 VT - District 04 - Tenth Trial Won 32.34% (+0.00%)
  02/06/1832 VT - District 04 - Ninth Trial Won 34.80% (+0.00%)
  12/05/1831 VT - District 04 - Eighth Trial Won 37.66% (+0.00%)
  10/01/1831 VT - District 04 - Seventh Trial Won 38.76% (+0.00%)
  09/06/1831 VT Governor Lost 37.46% (-6.54%)
  08/01/1831 VT - District 04 - Sixth Trial Won 38.50% (+0.00%)
  06/06/1831 VT - District 04 - Fifth Trial Won 43.02% (+0.00%)
  02/07/1831 VT - District 04 - Third Trial Lost 26.41% (-11.45%)
  12/07/1830 VT - District 04 - Second Trial Won 34.62% (+0.00%)
  09/06/1830 VT - District 04 - First Trial Won 49.91% (+19.57%)
  09/01/1829 VT Governor Lost 28.59% (-27.16%)
  02/05/1827 VT - District 04 - Third Trial Lost 48.21% (-3.58%)
  12/04/1826 VT - District 04 - Second Trial Won 49.54% (+2.16%)
  09/05/1826 VT - District 04 - First Trial Won 47.85% (+1.60%)
  09/07/1824 VT - District 04 Lost 3.60% (-50.97%)
  01/27/1823 US Ambassador to Chile Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/03/1822 VT - At Large Lost 0.88% (-17.88%)
  09/05/1820 VT - District 05 - Initial Election Lost 40.14% (-18.42%)
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