Edward Normand Allen also known as Ned Allen, was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955.

Early life

Edward N. Allen was born in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

, April 18, 1891. He served in the U.S. Army

United States Army

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 in the First World War. From 1920 to 1924, he was Hartford Police Commissioner, later he was head of the Sage-Allen department store. He married Mildred Pomeranz January 4, 1936.

Political career

Allen was a Republican and a member of the Connecticut State Senate for the 1st District from 1927 to 1929. He was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1928. From 1947 to 1948, he was mayor of Hartford. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut as a running mate of John N. Dempsey in 1950 to the first four-year term of governor and lieutenant governor of the State. They served for one term, from January 3, 1951 to January 5, 1955.

Allen's wife, Mildred Pomeranz Allen, who was also a Republican, was Secretary of State of Connecticut from 1955 to 1959, .

Allen died November 14, 1972. Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut

Enfield, Connecticut

Enfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,212 at the 2000 census. It sits on the border with Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the...

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