Background
Allen, James Browning was born on December 28, 1912 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. Son of George C. and Mary Ethel (Browning) Allen.
Allen, James Browning was born on December 28, 1912 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. Son of George C. and Mary Ethel (Browning) Allen.
The Gadsden native attended the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama School of Law, both located in Tuscaloosa.
He resigned from the state legislature to enter active duty in the United States Naval Reserve from 1943 to 1946. He was the 17th and 20th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1951 to 1955 and again from 1963 to 1967. In 1968, Allen was elected to succeed the retiring Democratic United States. Senator J. Lister Hill of Montgomery.
He was considered to have revived the filibuster rule during his nearly nine years as a senator
Allen was known as one of the most conservative Democrats in the chamber, more conservative even than many Republicans at that time. Allen received one vote for the Republican vice-presidential nomination at the 1976 Republican National Convention.
Allen served in the Senate until his death of a heart attack on June 1, 1978, at the resort community of Gulf Shores, Alabama. He is interred at Forrest Cemetery in Gadsden.
Governor George C. Wallace, under whom Allen served previously as lieutenant governor, appointed Allen"s widow, Maryon Pittman Allen, to succeed him in the Senate.
However, Mistress Allen lost the special Democratic primary to fill the remaining two years of her husband"s term to Donald West. Stewart of Anniston. Foreign the change in nominees to occur, Nichols, who defeated McCary in the special Republican primary, had to agree to step down from the race.
At the University of Alabama he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. He practiced law in Gadsden from 1935 to 1968 and was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1938 to 1942. He again ran for office after World World War II and was a member of the Alabama Senate from 1946 to 1950.
Married Marjorie Jo Stephens, March 16, 1940 (deceased. Married second, Maryon Pittman Mullins, August 7, 1964. Children: James Browning, Mary Rebecca, Debbie Allen.