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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Allison, Robert
Allison, Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., March 10, 1777; attended local and private schools; moved to Huntingdon, Pa., in 1795; employed as a clerk in his brother’s office; studied law; was admitted to the bar in April 1798 and commenced the practice of law in Huntingdon; served as a captain in the Huntingdon Volunteers during the War of 1812; at the close of the war returned to Huntingdon and resumed the practice of law; burgess of Huntingdon, Pa., in 1815, 1817, 1819, 1821-1824, and again in 1826; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress, in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress, and in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; continued the practice of his profession in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa., until his death there on December 2, 1840; interment in River View Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Allison, Robert," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.777 Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GQ8Y2MWEUMN7C1A.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Allison, Robert." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.777, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GQ8Y2MWEUMN7C1A.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Allison, Robert' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.777. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GQ8Y2MWEUMN7C1A.
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