Allen, Tom oral history interview, 2004

Item

Identifier: MOH 426

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: family and educational background; 1970 Senate campaign; and early 1972 presidential campaign.

Dates

2004

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Biographical / Historical

Tom Allen was born April 16, 1945 in Portland, Maine to Charles W. “Charlie” and Genevieve (Lahee) Allen. His great-grandfather was John Calvin Stevens, a well known Maine architect whose daughter, Margaret, married Neil Allen (Tom’s grandparents), who owned F.O. Bailey’s antiques and auction services for many years. Tom graduated from Bowdoin and went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, studying in the class immediately behind Bill Clinton. He worked on Muskie’s 1970 senatorial reelection campaign and on the early part of the presidential campaign. He later attended Harvard law school and returned to Maine to practice law. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Diana. At the time of this interview he was serving as a U.S. Congressman from Maine.