Tom Allen
| Tom Allen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Longley |
| Succeeded by | Chellie Pingree |
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| Born | Thomas Hodge Allen April 16, 1945 Portland, Maine |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Allen |
| Residence | Portland, Maine |
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Bowdoin College (B.A.) Oxford University (B.Phil.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Profession | attorney, political assistant |
| Religion | Non-denominational Protestant |
Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen (born April 16, 1945) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins (61.5% to 38.5%).
Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican incumbent James Longley, Jr. 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 U.S. Senate. After, Allen was appointed president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers and began his term on May 1, 2009. His book Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress came out in 2013.
Allen was born in Portland, Maine to Genevieve (“Sukey”) Lahee and Charles W. 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. During this time he became friends with fellow Rhodes scholar Bill Clinton. After Oxford he went on to Harvard Law School and practiced as a lawyer.
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