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Allen T. Treadway

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Allen Towner Treadway
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 byGeorge P. Lawrence
Succeeded byJohn 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(1867-09-16)September 16, 1867
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 16, 1947(1947-02-16) (aged 79)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSylvia S. Shares[2]
ChildrenHeaton Ives, Charles Denton Treadway[3]
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Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 – February 16, 1947) was a Massachusetts Republican politician.

Biography

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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

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Treadway once owned the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, the Inn has a room named for him.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Coolidge, Henry D. (1921), A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1921, Boston, MA: The Massachusetts General Court, p. 259
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2022-03-19.

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
1913— 1945 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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 President of the Massachusetts Senate
January, 1909— January, 1911 		Succeeded by


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