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Robert G. Allen (author)
Robert Gray Allen (August 24, 1902August 9, 1963) was an American businessman and a two-term Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1941. Early life and education Allen was born in Winchester, Massachusetts on August 24, 1902.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. Page 8 In 1906 he moved to Minneapolis. He was graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, Andover, Massachusetts, in 1922 and later attended Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He moved to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1929 and was a salesman and sales manager for a valve and fittings manufacturing business until 1937. Political and military career He was district administrator of the Works Progress Administration in 1935 and 1936. Allen was elected as a Democrat to the 75th United States Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, located 8.2 miles (13.2 km) north of downtown Boston as part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. It is also one of the List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income, wealthiest municipalities in Massachusetts. The population was 22,970 at the 2020 United States Census. History Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans inhabited the area that would become Winchester for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas. At the time of contact, the area was inhabited by the Naumkeag people, from whom the land that would become Winchester was purchased for the settlement of Charlestown in 1639. From the 17th century until the middle of the 19th century, parts of Arlington, Massachusetts, Arlington, Medford, Massachusetts, Medford, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, and Woburn, Massachusetts, Woburn comprised what is now Winchester. In the early years of the settlement, the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
