Frank G. Allen
Politician
1874 – 1950
Who was Frank G. Allen?
Frank G. Allen was the 51st Governor of Massachusetts.
Allen was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on October 6, 1874. A businessman and executive with the Winslow Brothers & Smith Company from 1893, he rose to become the company's president from 1912 to 1929, and was married to Clara Winslow in 1897.
He entered public service as a member of the Norwood, Massachusetts, Board of Assessors from 1910 to 1915 and as a Norwood Town Selectman from 1915 to 1922. During that period, he also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1918 to 1919, and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1921 to 1924. In 1924, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, having defeated the Democratic ticket of James Michael Curley and runningmate James Henry Brennan with fellow Republican Governor Alvan T. Fuller from 1925 to 1929, when he succeeded Fuller as Governor, and served until 1931.
During the administration of Governor Allen, he established the Massachusetts Transit Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority, and the state's Industrial Commission.
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1874
Lynn - Also known as
- Frank Allen
- Religion
- Congregational church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Lynn
- Died
- Oct 9, 1950
Norwood
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on July 23, 2013
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