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 September 2, 1749
Boston, Massachusetts
Died September 2, 1827 (aged 77)
Worcester, Massachusetts
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, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1774, moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1776. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1810, serving in that capacity through 1811. He died in Worcester in 1827.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jabez Upham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district

October 8, 1810 – March 3, 1811
Succeeded by
Elijah Brigham


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