Tyler County Biographies
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Surnames
ALLEN, Robert
Edward Lee
(1865—1951)
ALLEN, Robert Edward
Lee, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Lima,
Tyler County, W.Va., November 28, 1865; attended the country
schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn.; was graduated from the literary department of the University
of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1894 and from its law department
in 1895; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice at
Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va.; member of the city council
from 1895 to 1917; deputy collector of internal revenue for the
district of West Virginia 1917-1921; judge of the city court
1921-1923; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March
4, 1923-March 3, 1925); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress and for election in 1926 to the
Seventieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Morgantown,
W.Va., until his retirement in 1927; moved to Preston County, W.Va.,
and operated a summer resort at Brookside 1929-1939; resided in
Aurora, W.Va., until his death in Mountain Lake Park, Md., January
28, 1951; interment in Kingwood Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
Source: Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Submitted by Anna Newell
