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

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

  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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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byGeorge P. Lawrence Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district 1913— 1945 Succeeded byJohn W. Heselton Political offices Preceded byWilliam D. Chapple President of the Massachusetts Senate January, 1909— January, 1911 Succeeded byLevi H. Greenwood


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