Joseph Allen (congressman)

Joseph Allen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811
Preceded by	Jabez Upham
Succeeded by	Elijah Brigham
Personal details
Born	(1749-09-02)September 2, 1749 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	September 2, 1827(1827-09-02) (aged 78) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Harvard University

Joseph Allen (September 2, 1749 – September 2, 1827) was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1810–1811).

He was born in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, in 1774, moving to Worcester in 1776. In Worcester he served as a county clerk from 1776 to 1810. In 1788 he served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1810 as a Federalist, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Jabez Upham previously that year, and he served in that capacity through 1811. He declined to run for re-election to a full term. Afterwards, he served as a Massachusetts State Councilor from 1815 through 1818. He died in Worcester in 1827.

References

• Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

• United States Congress. "Joseph Allen (id: A000136)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.