Neal W. Allen
Neal Woodside Allen (1885–1976) was an American politician and businessperson from Portland, Maine. He served as chairman of the Portland City Council twice (1925–26).[1] He was elected to the first city council chosen in December 1923 after the Chamber of Commerce and Ku Klux Klan collaborated to install a council–manager government. In 1912, he purchased F. O. Bailey company, an auctioneering company which he held until his death.[2] In 1942, he was one of the founding appointees to the Portland Planning Board and regularly served as its chair.[3]
Allen was born in Portland and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1904 Bowdoin College in 1907.[4] He married Margaret Stevens, who was the daughter of architect John Calvin Stevens. The pair had four sons: Charles, Frederick, Neil, Jr., and Franklin, and two daughters, Louise and Barbara. One of his children, Frederick, served in the Maine Legislature from 1944 to 1952. His grandson is former U.S. Congressman Tom Allen.[5]
References
- ^ "Neal W. Allen, Portland, ca. 1926". Maine Memory Network.
- ^ McCanna, Ben (13 May 2014). "'It's a Maine tradition': Falmouth couple buys F.O. Bailey name for their real estate and antiques businesses". Bangor Daily News.
- ^ "Chairman Again". Portland Press Herald. 1950-01-14.
- ^ "Court War Perils Portland Election". Boston Globe. 6 December 1923.
- ^ Nicoll, Don, "Allen, Tom oral history interview" (2004). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 8. http://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/8