James Allen Democratic - AL

ALLEN, James Browning, (husband of Maryon Pittman Allen), a Senator from Alabama; born in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., December 28, 1912; attended public schools of Gadsden, University of Alabama, and University of Alabama Law School; practiced law in Gadsden, Ala., from 1935 to 1968; member of the Alabama State legislature 1938-1942; resigned to enter active duty in the United States Naval Reserve 1943-1946; member of the Alabama State senate 1946-1950; lieutenant governor of Alabama 1951-1955, 1963-1967; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 5, 1968; reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Gulf Shores, Ala. on June 1, 1978; interment in Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.