James Cameron Allen
Born: January 29, 1822
Birthplace: Shelby County, Kentucky
Father: Benjamin Allen 1775 – 1849
Mother: Margaret Youel 1779 – 1838
1st Wife: Mary Ellen Kitchell 1825 – 1852
(Buried: Kitchell Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
2nd Wife: Julia A. Kitchell 1832 – 1900
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Children:
Sarah E. Allen 1851 – 1867
(Buried: Kitchell Cemetery, Palestine, Illinois)
Harry K. Allen 1858 –
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Fannie M. Allen Ratcliffe 1859 – 1935
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Carrie Allen 1862 – 1913
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
James H. Allen 1864 – 1935
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Frederick W. Allen 1867 – 1897
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
William Y. Allen 1869 – 1957
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Margaret Allen 1873 – 1928
(Buried: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
1843 – 1846: Attorney in Sullivan, Indiana
1846 – 1848: Prosecuting Attorney for Seventh Judicial District, Indiana
1848 – 1853: Attorney in Palestine, Illinois
1850 – 1851: Illinois State Representative
1853 – 1855: United States Congressman from Illinois
1853 – 1855: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
1853 – 1855: Ranking Member of House Revolutionary Claims
1855 – 1856: United States Congressman from Illinois
1856: U.S. Congress decided he was not entitled to his seat in U.S. Congress due to a voting irregularity.
1856 – 1857: United States Congressman from Illinois
1856 – 1857: Member of House Agriculture Committee
1856 – 1857: Ranking Member of House Revolutionary Claims
1856: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1857 – 1860: Clerk to the United States House of Representatives.
1860: Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for Governor of Illinois
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Circuit Court Judge in the State of Illinois
1861: Turned down Colonelcy of 21st Illinois Infantry Regiment
1863 – 1865: United States Congressman from Illinois
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Revisal and Unfinished Business
1864: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection as U.S. Congressman
1853 – 1865: In his career only missed 414 of 1,774 roll call votes.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1873: Attorney in Palestine, Illinois
1869 – 1870: Delegate to Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1873 – 1879: Circuit Court Judge in the State of Illinois
1873 – 1879: Judge of the Appellate Court in Illinois
1879 – 1907: Attorney in Olney, Illinois
1907 – 1912: Retired living in Olney, Illinois
Died: June 30, 1912
Place of Death: Olney, Illinois
Age at time of Death: 90 years old
Burial Place: Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Illinois
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