John Allison (August 5, 1812 – March 23, 1878) was an American politician, most notably serving in the
U.S. House as a Representative of
Pennsylvania during the 1850s.
Allison was born in
Beaver, Pennsylvania and grew up to study law. He was the son of
James Allison, Jr. He was admitted to the bar, but did not practice, instead establishing a hat factory. He served in the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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in 1846, 1847, and 1849; he ran successfully for the U.S. House as a
Whig in the
1850 election. He lost his bid for re-election in 1852, but won back the seat in 1854 as an
Oppositionist. He then retired from the House in 1856.
After retiring from the House, he was active in the politics of the nascent
Republican Party
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; he served as a delegate to their
1856 convention, where he nominated
Abraham Lincoln for
Vice President.
On April 3, 1869, Allison was appointed
Register of the U.S. Treasury, a post he held until his death. He was interred in Beaver Cemetery.
References
External links
The Political Graveyard
1812 births
1878 deaths
People from Beaver, Pennsylvania
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
19th-century American legislators
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