A. Leonard Allen
| A. Leonard Allen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Cleveland Dear |
| Succeeded by | George S. Long |
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January 5, 1891 Winnfield, Louisiana |
| Died | January 5, 1969 (aged 78) Winnfield, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lottie Mae Thompson |
| Children | Harwell L. Allen Lyndon Blaine Allen |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Religion | Baptist |
Asa Leonard Allen (January 5, 1891 – January 5, 1969) was an educator, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served eight terms as a Democrat from 1937 to 1953, having represented the now defunct Eighth Congressional District, centered about Alexandria.
Allen was born in a log cabin near Winnfield, the seat of Winn Parish, to Asa L. Allen and the former Sophronia Perkins. He was a younger brother of Governor Oscar Kelly Allen. He was educated in the Winn Parish public schools and received a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1914. The next year, he married the former Lottie Mae Thompson, and they had two sons, Harwell L. Allen, who became a district judge, and Lyndon Blaine Allen.
Allen taught in the rural schools of neighboring Grant Parish from 1914 to 1917. He was a principal in schools in Georgetown and Verda near Montgomery. Thereafter, he became the superintendent of the Winn Parish system, 1917-1922. He studied law on his own, was admitted to the bar in 1922, and practiced in Winnfield, where he was city attorney for a time.
Allen was a prominent Baptist, who served a stint as vice-president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. He died in Winnfield on his 78th birthday and is interred at Winnfield Cemetery.
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