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About Hon. James Allison, Jr
James Allison Jr. (October 4, 1772 – June 17, 1854) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James Allison Jr. (father of John Allison) was born near Elkton, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1774. At seventeen years of age, he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of Beaver, Pennsylvania. He saw service in the Indian warfare at Yellow Creek. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796, and commenced practice in Washington, Pennsylvania. He returned to Beaver in 1803 and continued the practice of law until 1822, when he was elected to Congress. He served as prosecuting attorney of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1809.
Allison was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth and a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congresses and served until his resignation on August 26, 1825 before the assembling of the Nineteenth Congress.[1] He resumed the practice of law until 1848, after which he discontinued active pursuits and lived in retirement until his death in Beaver in 1854. Interment in Old Cemetery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Allison_Jr.
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1796, commenced law practice and was prosecuting attorney of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 1803 to 1809. In 1823, he was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses, serving until his resignation in 1825. He resumed legal practice until he retired in 1848. US Representative John Allison was his son.
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Hon. James Allison, Jr's Timeline
1772 |
October 4, 1772
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Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
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1798 |
1798
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Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
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1805
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Pennsylvania
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1808 |
1808
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Pennsylvania
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1812 |
August 5, 1812
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Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
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1813
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1814
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1816 |
October 11, 1816
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Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
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1854 |
June 17, 1854
Age 81
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Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
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