Benjamin F. Allen

Benjamin F. Allen (February 15, 1817 – ?) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives, edited the Florida Sentinel, and served as Florida Secretary of State from 1863 until 1868.[1]

Benjamin F. Allen
Secretary of State of Florida
In office
1863–1868
Preceded byFrederick L. Villepigue
Succeeded byGeorge J. Alden

He studied at the University of Virginia in 1839 and 1840.[1] He was discharged from the Confederate Army in order to serve as Florida Secretary of State.[1] He succeeded Fred L. Villepigue as Florida Secretary of State.

Allen, along with governor David S. Walker and other officials, signed off on the Florida resolution recognizing the U.S. constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.[2]

In 1853, he succeeded Joseph Clisby at the Florida Sentinnel, a Whig Paper that competed with the Democratic Party supporting Floridian & Journal.[3]

George J. Alden succeeded him as Secretary of State.

References
  1. Cooper, Jean L. (November 27, 2012). "Benjamin F. Allen (15 Feb. 1817-d. betw. 1870 and 1880)".
  2. "Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 9, 1866 – via Google Books.
  3. https://ucf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A22411/datastream/OBJ/view/The_Florida_historical_quarterly.pdf page 235
Political offices
Preceded by
Frederick L. Villepigue		 Secretary of State of Florida
1863–1868		 Succeeded by
George J. Alden
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