Clarence Emir Allen

For other people named Clarence Allen, see Clarence Allen (disambiguation).

Clarence Emir Allen


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st district
In office January 4, 1896 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	William H. King
Personal details
Born	(1852-09-08)September 8, 1852 Girard Township Pennsylvania
Died	July 9, 1932(1932-07-09) (aged 79) Escondido California
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Case Western Reserve University
Profession	Lawyer

Clarence Emir Allen (8 September 1852 – 9 July 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.

Born in Girard Township, Pennsylvania, Allen attended the district school and Girard (Pennsylvania) Academy. He studied law. He graduated from Western Reserve College, then at Hudson, Ohio, in 1877. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, in August 1881 and was an instructor at Salt Lake Academy until 1886, when he resigned to engage in mining pursuits. He served as member of the territorial house of representatives in 1888, 1890, and 1894.

Allen was elected county clerk of Salt Lake County in August 1890 and served until 1 January 1893.

He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Salt Lake City. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for election in 1892 as a Delegate to the Fifty-third Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892 and 1896.

With the admission of Utah as a State into the Union, Allen was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from January 4, 1896, to March 3, 1897. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896.

He resumed his former mining pursuits until 1922, when he retired from active business and resided in Columbus, Ohio, until 1931. He died in Escondido, California on 9 July 1932. His body was cremated and the ashes interred in Salt Lake City's Mount Olivet Cemetery.

References

Clarence Emir Allen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Clarence Emir Allen at Find-A-Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by new seat	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st congressional district 1896–1897	Succeeded by William H. King

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Utah

Territorial (1851–1895)

Seat	Bernhisel Hooper Bernhisel Kinney Hooper G. Cannon Campbell^† Caine Rawlins F. Cannon

One At-large seat (1895–1913)

Seat	Allen W. King Roberts^† W. King Sutherland Howell

Two At-large seats (1913–1915)

Seat	Howell

Seat	Johnson

Districts (1915–present)
(3rd district established in 1983)
(4th district established in 2013)

1st district	Howell Welling Colton Murdock Granger Stringfellow Dixon Peterson Burton McKay Hansen Bishop

2nd district	Mays Leatherwood Loofbourow Robinson Dawson Bosone Dawson D. King Lloyd D. King Lloyd Owens Howe Marriott Monson Owens Shepherd Greene Waldholtz Cook Matheson Stewart

3rd district	Nielson Orton C. Cannon Chaffetz

4th district	Matheson Love

Notes

^† Never officially seated.

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