Philip Allen (Rhode Island)
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Philip Allen (1785-1865) was born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 1, 1785 to Zachariah Allen and Nancy Crawford Allen.
He graduated at Rhode Island College (later known as Brown University) in 1803. In 1814, he married Phoebe Aborn.
He served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821 and was elected as the Democratic Governor of Rhode Island in 1851. He served as Governor until 1853, when he resigned that office after being elected to represent Rhode Island in the United States Senate. In 1859 he retired from politics.
He died in Providence on December 16, 1865, and is buried in the North Burial Ground.
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| Preceded by: John Hopkins Clarke |
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island 1853–1859 |
Succeeded by: Henry B. Anthony |
| Preceded by: Henry B. Anthony |
Governor of Rhode Island 1851–1853 |
Succeeded by: Francis M. Dimond |
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| Cooke • Greene • Collins • A. Fenner • H. Smith • Wilbur • J. Fenner • Jones • Knight • Gibbs • J. Fenner • Arnold • Francis • Sprague III • King • J. Fenner • Jackson • Diman • Harris • Anthony • Allen • Dimond • Hoppin • Dyer • Turner • Sprague IV • Cozzens • J. Smith • Burnside • Padelford • Howard • H. Lippitt • Van Zandt • Littlefield • Bourn • Wetmore • Davis • Taft • Ladd • Davis • Ladd • Brown • C. Lippitt • Dyer III • Gregory • Kimball • Garvin • Utter • Higgins • Pothier • Beeckman • San Souci • Flynn • Pothier • Case • Green • Quinn • Vanderbilt • McGrath • Pastore • McKiernan • Roberts • Del Sesto • Notte • Chafee • Licht • Noel • Garrahy • DiPrete • Sundlun • Almond • Carcieri |
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