Background
Allen, Thomas H. was born on April 16, 1945 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Charles and Genevieve Allen.
United States representative lawyer politician
Allen, Thomas H. was born on April 16, 1945 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Charles and Genevieve Allen.
Bowdoin College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. Oxford University (B. Philosophy., 1970). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Allen lost to Collins (615% to 385%). Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley, Junior. with 55 percent of votes cast to Longley"s 45 percent. Allen was re-elected five times, receiving over 55 percent of the vote each time in his district, until his defeat in his 2008 run for the United States. Senate.
After, Allen was appointed president and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009.
His book Dangerous Convictions: What"s Really Wrong with the United States. Congress came out in 2013. Allen was born in Portland, Maine to Genevieve (“Sukey”) Lahee and Charles West. Allen.
He graduated from Deering High School. He went on to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine before winning a Rhodes Scholarship to Wadham College in the University of Oxford.
After Oxford he went on to Harvard Law School and practiced as a lawyer
He entered the field of politics when he became a staff member for Governor Kenneth M. Curtis and later for Senator Edmund South. Muskie. Allen was elected to the city council of Portland, Maine in 1989 and served as the city"s mayor between 1991–1992 before winning election to the House. Allen ran for Governor in 1994, losing to Joe Brennan in the Democratic primary.
Tenure
Allen fought Republican efforts to weaken environmental rollbacks between 1996 and 2007.
Allen called for a pay-as-you-go system that would require offsets to pay for new tax cuts and new spending while on the Budget Committee, much like the system Democrats enacted in their first 100 hours of Congressional control in the 110th Congress. Allen has made health care, campaign finance reform, and small business his legislative priorities.
Committees
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Health
Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee
Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
House Budget Committee
House Affordable Medicines Task Force (Company-Chairman)
House Oceans Caucus.
Democratic candidate for Governor, State of Maine, 1994, for United States House of Representatives, 1st District, Maine, 1996. Chair Clinton/Gore campaign, Maine, 1992. Member President Clinton's Agricultural Transition Team.
Board overseers Bowdoin College. Board directors Shalom House, United Way. Chair Governor Joseph Brennan Task Force on Foster Care for Children.
President Portland Stage Company. Member executive and legislation policy committees Maine Municipal Association. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Diana Bell; children: Gwen, Kate.