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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