Stephen Allen (July 2, 1767 – July 28, 1852) was an American politician from New York.

Biography

Orphaned by the death of his parent(s) in the Revolutionary War, Allen grew to become a wealthy

sailmaker A sailmaker makes and repairs sails for sailboats, kites, hang gliders, wind art, architectural sails, or other structures using sails. A sailmaker typically works on shore in a sail loft; the sail loft has other sailmakers. Large ocean-going sa ...

. He was the 55th Mayor of New York City from December 1821 to 1824, first appointed by the

Council of Appointment The Council of Appointment (sometimes also Council of Appointments) was a body of the Government of New York that existed from 1777 to 1822. History Under the New York Constitution of 1777, the Council of Appointment consisted of the Governor of N ...

in 1821, and then elected by the Board of Aldermen in 1823 and 1824. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in

1826 Events January–March * January 15 – The French newspaper '' Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly. * January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island ...

. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1829 to 1832, sitting in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th and 55th New York State Legislatures. In 1835, the same year as the

Great Fire of New York The 1835 Great Fire of New York was one of three fires that rendered extensive damage to New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries. The fire occurred in the middle of an economic boom, covering 17 city blocks, killing two people, and destroyin ...

, Allen moved to 1

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, and led the commission that very quickly rebuilt New York's commercial center. He died in the '' Henry Clay'' steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852, on the Hudson River near Riverdale in what was later called

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and was buried at the

New York City Marble Cemetery The New York City Marble Cemetery is a historic cemetery founded in 1831, and located at 52-74 East 2nd Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The cemetery has 258 undergroun ...

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List of Mayors
at NYC website
''It Happened in Washington Square''
by Emily Kies Folpe (2002, Johns Hopkins University Press),
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127ff, 138, 204, 255 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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