Allen T. Treadway
Allen Towner Treadway | |
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 Treadway, c. 1913 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1945 | |
| Preceded by | George P. Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | John W. Heselton |
| President of the Massachusetts State Senate[1] | |
| In office January, 1909 – January, 1911 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1908–1911 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1904 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1867 |
| Died | February 16, 1947 (aged 79) Washington, D.C., US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Sylvia S. Shares[2] |
| Children | Heaton Ives, Charles Denton Treadway[3] |
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Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 – February 16, 1947) was a Massachusetts Republican politician.
Biography
[edit]Treadway was born on September 16, 1867, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway.[3] Treadway graduated from Amherst College in 1886. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1904, and President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1908 to 1911.[2] From March 4, 1913, until January 3, 1945, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Treadway represented Massachusetts's first congressional district for sixteen consecutive terms.
Treadway faced Raymond Leslie Buell in the 1942 election.[4]
Treadway died on February 16, 1947, aged 79, in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Stockbridge Cemetery, in his home town of Stockbridge.
Legacy
[edit]Treadway once owned the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, the Inn has a room named for him.[2]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Coolidge, Henry D. (1921), A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1921, Boston, MA: The Massachusetts General Court, p. 259
- ^ a b c Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society.
- ^ a b Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical history of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society.
- ^ Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
References
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- United States Congress. "Allen T. Treadway (id: T000358)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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