Allen Williamson (fl. c. 1970) is a former

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

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who served in the

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from 1966 to 1974. He is related to

James Allen Williamson James Allen Williamson (born May 27, 1951) is an American attorney and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Williamson served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1980 to 1986 and in th ...

, an Oklahoma State Senator elected in 1996. A

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near the town of

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in Payne County, Oklahoma was named in recognition of his service. Dedicated on December 31, 1974, this bridge across the Cimarron River includes a monument and memorial plaque provided by the Cimarron Valley Historical Society.

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