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Joseph Allen (congressman)

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Preceded by
  
Jabez Upham

Name
  
Joseph Allen

Succeeded by
  
Elijah Brigham

Education
  
Harvard University


Political party
  
Federalist

Party
  
Federalist Party

Alma mater
  
Harvard University

Resigned
  
March 3, 1811

Role
  
Member of the United States House of Representatives

Died
  
September 2, 1827, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Joseph Allen (September 2, 1749 – September 2, 1827) was a member of the eleventh United States Congress from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district (1810–1811).

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1774. He worked in a business in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1774, moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 1776. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1810, serving in that capacity through 1811. He died in Worcester in 1827.

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