Joseph Hugh Allen
| Joseph Hugh Allen | |
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| Texas State Representative from Baytown | |
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In office 1967–1979 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 27, 1940 Baytown, Harris County, Texas, USA |
| Died | May 24, 2008 (aged 68) Baytown, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Kitty Cowan Allen (married 32 years until his death) Billye Williamson Allen (married 13 years until divorce) |
| Children |
Sydney Allen Seaman (deceased) |
| Occupation | Lobbyist |
| (1) Allen was a leader of the minority but powerful bipartisan "Dirty Thirty" in the Texas House of Representatives who pushed for ethics reform in the midst of the Sharpstown scandal. (2) After his legislative service, Allen was a lobbyist for Getty Oil and then the former Enron Corporation. (3) Allen represented Baytown in the legislature, an industrial area east of Houston. (4) Allen was active in the state Democratic Party and served under appointments of both Governors Mark Wells White and Ann W. Richards. |
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Kitty Cowan Allen (married 32 years until his death)
Sydney Allen Seaman (deceased)
Sara Allen Abbott
Mary Katharine Allen Stukenberg
Joseph Hugh Allen (January 27, 1940 – May 24, 2008) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from the industrial city of Baytown, who fought for ethics reform. He was among the bipartisan "Dirty Thirty" lawmakers who in 1971 pushed for the ouster of Speaker Gus Mutscher of Brenham in Washington County, who was subsequently convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for the passage of banking legislation in what is known as the Sharpstown scandal. Their efforts prompted a regime change in Austin, ushered in Dolph Briscoe and William P. Hobby, Jr., as governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, and launched new ethics laws in the 1973 legislative session.
Born to James Viron Allen and the former Mary Azilea Ferguson, Allen resided his entire life in Baytown, which straddles the Harris and Chambers county lines. He attended public schools from 1949-1958. He graduated from Lee College, a community college in Baytown, where he served as editor of the Lee Lantern. Allen was inducted into the Lee College Hall of Fame and was later a member of the Lee College board of regents. He also attended the University of Houston, having studied economics and political science.
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