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Percy W. Allen

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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 byL. G. North
John L. Hebron Jr.
Succeeded byJ. A. Lake Jr.
Howard Jones
Personal details
Born(1889-07-30)July 30, 1889
Sardis, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1943(1943-12-31) (aged 54)
Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

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

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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

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Allen was a Missonary Baptist.[1] He was married.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Percy W. Allen New Prosecuting Attorney For Sunflower County". The Vicksburg Post. 1930-03-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  3. ^ "Democratic Primaries". The Indianola Enterprise. 1931-03-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c "Obituary for Percy W. Allen". The Greenwood Commonwealth. 1944-01-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-25.