Background
Allen, Ben William Benjamin was born on October 29, 1891 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Robert and Sarah Margaret (Smith) Allen.
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Ben William Benjamin Allen
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Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1921.
Career
Private practice, Elizabethton, Tennessee, 1921-1926; member firm, Allen & Allen,, district attorney general, State of Tennessee, judge, 1st judicial circuit, State o, Tennessee, vice-president, director North America Rayon Corporation, 1946-1957; private practice, Elizabethton, Tennessee, from 1957. Chairman of the Board Carter County Memorial Hospital, from 1957.
Achievements
Politics
Every Christian of voting age should exercise his or her God-given responsibility and constitutionally guaranteed right to engage in the political life by voting in every appropriate election.
Views
Christians should read the Bible as part of a faith community, and try to put themselves into the story of God's dealings with humanity.
Membership
President Sequoyah Council, Boy Scouts American, 1941-1942. Member of national Protestant lay commission on scouting. Member American Bar Association, American Legion, Masons, Rotary, Metropolitan Club (Washington).
Connections
Married Corinne Crawford Renfro, June 27, 1928. Children: Robert Renfro, Elizabeth.
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Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican