Allen Towner Treadway | |
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![]() Treadway c. 1913 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1945 | |
Preceded by | George P. Lawrence |
Succeeded by | John W. Heselton |
President of the Massachusetts State Senate[1] | |
In office January, 1909 – January, 1911 | |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1908–1911 | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1904 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Stockbridge, Massachusetts | September 16, 1867
Died | February 16, 1947 Washington, D.C. | (aged 79)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Sylvia S. Shares[2] |
Children | Heaton Ives, Charles Denton Treadway[3] |
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Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 – February 16, 1947) was a Massachusetts Republican politician.
Biography
Treadway was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway.[3] Treadway graduated from Amherst College in 1886. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1904, and President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1908 to 1911.[2] From March 4, 1913, until January 3, 1945, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Treadway represented Massachusetts's first congressional district for sixteen consecutive terms.
Treadway faced Raymond Leslie Buell in the 1942 election.[4]
Treadway died in 1947 and is buried in Stockbridge Cemetery, in his home town of Stockbridge.
Legacy
Treadway once owned the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, the Inn has a room named for him.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Coolidge, Henry D. (1921), A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1921, Boston, MA: The Massachusetts General Court, p. 259
- ^ a b c Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society.
- ^ a b Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical history of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society.
- ^ Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
References
- United States Congress. "Allen T. Treadway (id: T000358)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.