Anson Coleman Allen (February 25, 1838 – March 23, 1880) was an American businessman and politician. Born in

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

, Allen settled in

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and was in the transportation and forwarding business between the western and eastern sections of the United States. He served in the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

in 1879 as a

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. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879,' Biographical Sketch of Anson Coleman Anson, pg. 499

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1838 births 1880 deaths Businesspeople from Rochester, New York Politicians from Milwaukee Businesspeople from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century American legislators Politicians from Rochester, New York 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1830s-stub