Stephen Allen (American politician)
Stephen Allen | |
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55th Mayor of New York | |
In office December 1821 – 1824 | |
Preceded by | Cadwallader D. Colden |
Succeeded by | William Paulding, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | July 2, 1767 |
Died | July 28, 1852 Riverdale, Bronx, New York | (aged 85)
Nationality | American |
Stephen Allen (July 2, 1767 – July 28, 1852) was an American politician from New York.
Biography
Orphaned by the death of his parent(s) in the Revolutionary War, Allen grew to become a wealthy sailmaker.[1]
He was the 55th Mayor of New York City from December 1821 to 1824, first appointed by the Council of Appointment in 1821, and then elected by the Board of Aldermen in 1823 and 1824.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1826.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1829 to 1832, sitting in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th and 55th New York State Legislatures.
In 1835, the same year as the Great Fire of New York, Allen moved to 1 Washington Square North, and led the commission that very quickly rebuilt New York's commercial center.[1]
He died in the Henry Clay steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852 on the Hudson River near Riverdale in what was later called the Bronx and was buried at the New York City Marble Cemetery.
See also
References
- ^ a b Koeppel, Gerard (October 23, 2016). "Letters to the Editor - Hidden History of Ground Zero". No. Book Review. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
Sources
- List of Mayors at NYC website
- It Happened in Washington Square by Emily Kies Folpe (2002, Johns Hopkins University Press), ISBN 0-8018-7088-7
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127ff, 138, 204, 255 and 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
External links
- 1767 births
- 1852 deaths
- Mayors of New York City
- Burials at New York City Marble Cemetery
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- New York (state) state senators
- New York (state) Democratic-Republicans
- New York (state) Jacksonians
- 19th-century American politicians
- Accidental deaths in New York (state)
- Deaths due to ship fires
- Deaths from fire in the United States