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About John James Allen
John James Allen was a Virginia slave owner, lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the Virginia Senate, the 23rd United States Congress, and for 25 years as judge and President of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He supported Virginia's secession during the American Civil War, and all his surviving sons joined the Confederate States Army, the two youngest dying in the conflict.
Everything about John James Allen →- Occupation
- politician, judge, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the State Senate of Virginia, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 25, 1797
- Died
- September 18, 1871