Allen T. Treadway

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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. 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. 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. 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.

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