Biography

08/16/1869 - 04/25/1952

ALLEN, Thomas H., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 16, 1869 in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, NY; graduated, Herkimer High School, NY; served, New York State Militia (1888-1903); furniture and bedding salesman; elected, city tax collector, Herkimer (1893); tax collector, Herkimer School (1901); chair, 29th Ward Democratic Executive Committee, Philadelphia (1937-1939); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1939 term and served 1 term; resigned from the House, December 31, 1939; elected, city council, Philadelphia (1940-1944); died, April 25, 1952 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.