Joseph Allen (September 2, 1749 – September 2, 1827) was a member of the

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from (1810–1811). He was born in

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in the

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, and graduated from

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in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, in 1774, moving to

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in 1776. He was elected to the

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in 1810, serving in that capacity through 1811. He died in Worcester in 1827.

References

*''Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896.'' Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967. * 1749 births 1827 deaths Politicians from Boston Harvard University alumni People of colonial Massachusetts Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts People from colonial Boston {{Massachusetts-Representative-stub