Clifford R. Allen

A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. , January 6, 1912. Graduated from Friends Elementary and High School, Washington, D. C. LL. B. , Cumberland University School of Law, Lebanon, Tenn. , 1931. Admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1931. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Tennessee state senate, 1949-1951, 1955-1959. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Tennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956. Tax assessor for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. , 1960-1975. President, International Association of Assessing Officers, 1970. President, Tennessee Association of Assessing Officers, 1971. Member of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971. Elected as a Democrat, by special election, to the Ninety-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Richard H. Fulton, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (November 25, 1975-June 18, 1978). Died on June 18, 1978, in Nashville, Tenn. Interment in Woodlawn Memorial Park.