William V. Allen
| William Vincent Allen | |
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United States Senator from Nebraska |
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In office December 13, 1899 – March 28, 1901 |
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| Preceded by | Monroe L. Hayward |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Dietrich |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Algernon S. Paddock |
| Succeeded by | Monroe L. Hayward |
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January 28, 1847 Midway, Ohio |
| Died | January 12, 1924 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California |
| Resting place | Crown Hill Cemetery Madison, Nebraska |
| Political party | Populist |
| Occupation | Attorney, Judge |
William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847 – January 12, 1924) was a jurist and twice a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.
Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attended the common schools and Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa.
He served as a private with the 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
He then studied law at West Union, Iowa and was admitted to the bar in 1869. Allen practiced in Iowa until 1884, when he moved to Madison, Nebraska. He served as judge of the district court of the ninth judicial district of Nebraska from 1891 to 1893.
Allen was the permanent chairman of the Populist State conventions in 1892, 1894 and 1896. Allen was elected as a Populist to the United States Senate by the Nebraska State Legislature and served from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1899. During his term, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses). Allen championed various bills for public buildings and drought relief along the Missouri River Valley and authored the bill that would establish the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska.
Allen was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1899. After that, he was appointed and subsequently elected judge of the district court of the ninth judicial district of Nebraska and served from March 9, 1899 to December 1899, when he resigned to return to the Senate, because he was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his successor, Monroe L. Hayward. He served from December 13, 1899, to March 28, 1901, when a successor was elected; he was not a candidate for election to the vacancy.
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