Allen John Furlow, Sr. (November 9, 1890 - January 29, 1954), a lawyer, was a

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Congressman. Born in

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, Minnesota, Furlow attended public schools, graduating from Rochester High School in 1910. During the

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, Furlow served overseas as an aviation pilot in the

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where he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. Furlow graduated from the law department of

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, Washington, D.C., in 1920. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and began practice in Rochester, Minnesota. He was a member of the

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from 1923 to 1925. He then was elected as a

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to the 69th and 70th United States Congresses (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1929). He was unsuccessful as a candidate for renomination in 1928. Furlow then took employment in the legal department of the

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, Washington, D.C., in 1929 and 1930. In 1933, he was appointed by the

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as a special assistant in cases assigned under the Petroleum Code. Furlow was in the legal department of the

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, Washington, D.C., from 1934 to 1937 before returning to Rochester, Minnesota, where he practiced law until his death in 1954. Furlow was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester Minnesota. His son, William Loomis Furlow, MD, was a prominent urologist at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

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