Allen Maxwell (April 19, 1943 – March 10, 2014) was an American politician. From

Warren, Arkansas Warren is a city in and the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 6,003. History When settlers from the east began to arrive in sout ...

, Maxwell went to

University of Arkansas at Monticello The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is a public university in Monticello, Arkansas with Colleges of Technology in Crossett and McGehee. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degree ...

and was a human resource manager for Southwestern Bell. He then served in the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House has 100 members elected from an equal number of constituencies across the state. Each distr ...

from 2004 to 2010. Maxwell then served as mayor of

Monticello, Arkansas Monticello ( ) is a college town in, and the county seat of, Drew County, Arkansas. As of 2023, it had an estimated population of 8,175. Founded in 1849 in the Arkansas Timberlands near the Arkansas Delta region, the city has long been a comm ...

and died from a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

while still serving office.One Monticello Life: Mayor Allen Maxwell
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1943 births 2014 deaths People from Bradley County, Arkansas People from Monticello, Arkansas University of Arkansas at Monticello alumni 21st-century mayors of places in Arkansas Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly {{Arkansas-politician-stub