Ebenezer Allen, Secretary of State and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas

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Ebenezer C Allen

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Birthplace: Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
Death: October 15, 1863 (59)
Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Son of David Allen and Hannah Allen
Father of William P. Allen

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About Ebenezer Allen, Secretary of State and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Allen_(Texas_politician)

Ebenezer C. Allen (April 8, 1804–1863) was Secretary of State and the last Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was also an Attorney General of the State of Texas. He was an early Texas railroad promoter. He died in the service of the South in the U.S. Civil War.

Early life

Allen was born in Newport, New Hampshire in 1804 to David and Hannah (Wilcox) Allen.

Legal career and move to Texas

He attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1826. Allen moved to Orono, Maine and married Sylvina Morse in 1833. He practiced law there for a time before he went to Galveston, Texas. He arrived during the Texas Revolution and practiced law in Galveston.

Official of the Republic of Texas

On Dec 9, 1844 Allen was elected Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He served under President Anson Jones, resigning in July 1845. He then served as acting Secretary of State, during the absence of Ashbel Smith, assisting with the annexation negotiations with the United States Government.

Later career

Allen was the primary business leader of the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company when the State of Texas granted the company a charter in 1848. Later the company changed its name to the Houston and Texas Central Railway in the 1850s and Allen continued to lead the company.

In 1850, Allen was elected Attorney General as a Democrat, serving under Governor Peter Hansborough Bell from 1850 - 1852.

In 1861, with Texas' secession from the United States, Allen entered the service of the Confederate States of America. He died in Richmond, Virginia in 1863.

Memorials

The city of Allen, Texas, which was founded when the Houston and Texas Central Railway built a depot there, was named for Ebenezer Allen.

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Ebenezer Allen, Secretary of State and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas's Timeline

1804
April 8, 1804
Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
1838
1838
Maine
1850
1850
Age 45
Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States
1863
October 15, 1863
Age 59
Richmond, Virginia, United States