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Senate Years of Service: 1929-1930 Party: Republican
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ALLEN, Henry Justin, a Senator from Kansas; born in Pittsfield, Warren County, Pa., September 11, 1868;
moved with his parents to Kansas in 1870 and settled on a farm near Clifton, Clay County; attended
the public schools, Washburn College, Topeka, Kans., and graduated from Baker University, Baldwin,
Kans., in 1890; became a newspaper reporter and editorial writer; during the Spanish-American War
served as a war correspondent in Cuba; member of the press galleries of the United States Congress
1914-1916; owner of several Kansas newspapers; served with the American Red Cross in France as
head of the home communication service during the First World War; Governor of Kansas 1919-1923;
special commissioner of the Near East Relief to Armenia, Turkey, Greece, and Southern Russia in
1923 and 1924; director of publicity for the Republican National Committee in the campaign of 1928;
appointed on April 1, 1929, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Charles Curtis and served from April 1, 1929, to November 30, 1930, when a duly
elected successor qualified; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy; editor of the Topeka
State Journal and chairman of the board of directors of the Wichita Beacon; died in Wichita, Kans.,
January 17, 1950; interment in Maple Grove Cemetery.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography.
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