Percy W. Allen
Percy W. Allen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 29th district | |
| In office January 1932 – January 1940 Serving with J. A. Lake Jr. | |
| Preceded by | L. G. North John L. Hebron Jr. |
| Succeeded by | J. A. Lake Jr. Howard Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 30, 1889 Sardis, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1943 (aged 54) Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Percy Wilmore Allen (July 30, 1889 - December 31, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1932 to 1940.
Biography
[edit]Percy Wilmore Allen was born on July 30, 1889, in Sardis, Mississippi.[1] He served in the First World War.[1] Allen was a lawyer who lived in Indianola, Mississippi.[1] In March 1930, Mississippi Governor Theodore G. Bilbo appointed Allen to be the Prosecuting Attorney of Sunflower County, Mississippi.[2] In 1931, Allen was elected to represent the 29th District (consisting of Humphreys, Sunflower, and Washington Counties) as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate, and served from 1932 to 1936.[3][4][1]
In 1935, Allen was re-elected to the Senate and served from 1936 to 1940.[1] During this term, Allen was the chairman of the Penitentiaries & Prisons Committee and the vice chairman of the Humane & Benevolent Institutions Committee.[1] He also served in the following committees: Conservation of Natural Resources; Fees & Salaries; Insurance; Judiciary; Levees; Public Land; and Temperance.[1] During his time in the Senate, Allen was the co-author of the bill creating the Mississippi State Game and Fish Committee.[5]
In November 1943, Allen was once again re-elected to represent the 29th District.[5] Allen died on December 31, 1943, in the Veterans Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, five days before his term would have begun.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Allen was a Missonary Baptist.[1] He was married.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mississippi. Legislature (1936-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1936]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
- ^ "Percy W. Allen New Prosecuting Attorney For Sunflower County". The Vicksburg Post. 1930-03-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Democratic Primaries". The Indianola Enterprise. 1931-03-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ Mississippi. Secretary of State (1935-12-31). "Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial report of the Secretary of State to the Legislature of Mississippi. [1933-1935]". Mississippi Blue Books: 53.
- ^ a b c "Obituary for Percy W. Allen". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1944-01-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-25.