Heman Allen (of Cornwall)
Heman Allen may refer to: * Heman Allen (of Cornwall) (1740–1778), Vermont patriot and brother of Ethan Allen * Heman Allen (of Colchester) (1779–1852), U.S. Representative from Colchester, Vermont (1817–1818), U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile * Heman Allen (of Milton) (1777–1844), U.S. Representative from Milton, Vermont (1831–1839) See also *Heman Allen Moore Heman Allen Moore (August 27, 1809 – April 3, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was elected to one-term in 1842, serving 13 months in office before his death. Biography Born in Pl ...

Heman Allen (of Cornwall)
Heman Allen may refer to: * Heman Allen (of Cornwall) (1740–1778), Vermont patriot and brother of Ethan Allen * Heman Allen (of Colchester) (1779–1852), U.S. Representative from Colchester, Vermont (1817–1818), U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile * Heman Allen (of Milton) (1777–1844), U.S. Representative from Milton, Vermont (1831–1839) See also *Heman Allen Moore Heman Allen Moore (August 27, 1809 – April 3, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was elected to one-term in 1842, serving 13 months in office before his death. Biography Born in Pl ...

Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Frances Allen. Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. He and the Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In Septemb ...
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Heman Allen (of Colchester)
Heman Allen (February 23, 1779April 7, 1852) was an American lawyer, politician and ambassador from Colchester, Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative and as America's first United States Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile. Biography Allen was born in Poultney, Vermont Republic on February 23, 1779, the son of Heber Allen (1743-1782) and Sarah (Owen) Allen (1748-1787). He attended the common schools, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801. He began the practice of law in Colchester, Vermont. He was town clerk of Colchester from 1807 until 1817. He served as Sheriff of Chittenden County from 1808 until 1810, when he was succeeded by Heman Lowry. Allen was Chief Justice of the Chittenden County court from 1811 until 1814. He was treasurer of the University of Vermont in 1815. Allen served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1812 until 1817. While in the State House he received the appointment ...
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Heman Allen (of Milton)
Heman Allen (June 14, 1777 – December 11, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician from Milton, Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative. Biography Allen was born in Ashfield (now Deerfield, Massachusetts) to Enoch Allen and Mercy Belding Allen. He attended an academy in Chesterfield, New Hampshire for two years before moving to Grand Isle, Vermont. He read law with Elnathan Keyes of Burlington and Bates Turner of St. Albans. Allen was admitted to the bar in 1803. He began the practice of law in Milton, and was the first resident lawyer in Milton. Allen served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1810 to 1814, 1816 to 1817, 1822, and 1824 to 1826. He moved to Burlington in 1828 and continued the practice of law. He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Congresses March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1837). He was elected as a Whig candidate to the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving from March ...
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