Roger Allin (December 18, 1848 – January 1, 1936) was an American politician who was the
fourth Governor of North Dakota from 1895 to 1897, and the second
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893 serving under Governor
Andrew H. Burke
Andrew Horace Burke (May 15, 1850 – November 17, 1918) was an American politician who was the second Governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893.
Biography
Burke was born in New York City in 1850 and orphaned at the age of four. Burke was adop ...
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Biography
Allin was a native of
Bradworthy
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Devonshire
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, England.
After his father died, he and his family moved to Ontario, Canada, where he was educated in the public schools.
He married twice, first to Isabella McKensie on March 22, 1881, then to Anna McKensie (niece of Isabella) on May 1, 1918.
[ He had one child.
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Career
Allin served in the Dakota Territorial Council in 1887–1889 and as a delegate to the North Dakota 1889 Constitutional Convention.["North Dakota's New Governor," ''The New York Times'', January 9, 1895. Retrieved September 5, 2011.] Allin was a member of the North Dakota Senate from 1889 through 1891; and then Lieutenant Governor as a Republican from 1891 through 1893.
Death
Allin died on January 1, 1936, and is interred at Park River Memorial Park, Park River, North Dakota
Park River is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,424 at the 2020 census. Park River was founded in 1884.
In 1903, a Park River blacksmith named Samuel Holland built a motor car called the Holland Special. He ...
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See also
* List of U.S. state governors born outside the United States
References
External links
Biography for Roger Allin
from th
State Historical Society of North Dakota website
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Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota
Republican Party governors of North Dakota
Republican Party North Dakota state senators
Members of the Dakota Territorial Legislature
19th-century American politicians
1848 births
1936 deaths
People from Torridge District
English emigrants to the United States