Background
Allen, Clay was born on August 23, 1875 in Erie, Kansas, United States. Son of James Montgomery and Eva (Foster) Allen.
Allen, Clay was born on August 23, 1875 in Erie, Kansas, United States. Son of James Montgomery and Eva (Foster) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1898. Bachelor of Laws, Indiana Law School, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1900.
Admitted to Kansas bar, 1899. Practiced at Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1901-1902. Settled in Seattle, Washington, 1902.
Became United State Attorneys, Western District of Washington, 1913.
Then judge superior court. First Lieutenant and adjunct 22d Kansas Regimental Volumes, Spanish-American War.
Married Lunella Coleman, of Louisville, Kentucky, January 7, 1907.