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Phillip Allen
Rhode Island

Gov. Phillip Allen

  • May 6, 1851 - July 20, 1853
  • DFS
  • September 1, 1785
  • December 6, 1865
  • Rhode Island
  • Brown University
  • Married Phoebe Aborn; eleven children
  • Resigned
  • Senator

About

PHILIP ALLEN was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After finishing school, he took charge of his father’s business in trade, became involved in cloth manufacturing, and served as President of the Providence Insurance Company. He was also President of the Rhode Island branch of the United States Bank and a pension agent. He served in the Rhode Island General Assembly for several years. During his two full gubernatorial terms, capital punishment was abolished in Rhode Island, and the legislature began meeting annually. Although elected governor for a third time, Allen resigned shortly after his third term began to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. He served in the Senate from the summer of 1853 until 1859, when he retired from business and public life.

Source

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Mohr, Ralph S. Governors for Three Hundred Years (1638-1954): Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.State of Rhode Island, Graves Registration Committee, August 1954.

The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 9. New York: James T. White & Company.

Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.

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