Allen, Elisha H
lawyer, congressman, diplomatist, was born Jan. 28, 1804, in New Salem, Mass. He was a lawyer; served in the legislature of Maine from 1836 to 1841, and in 1846; and in 1838 as speaker. He was elected a representative in congress from Maine from 1841 to 1843.
In 1847 he removed to Boston; was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1849; after which he was appointed consul to Honolulu. He afterward became connected with the government of the Sandwich islands; and in 1856 visited the United States as envoy. In 1857 he was chief justice and chancellor of the Sandwich islands, serving until 1864; and was the Hawaiian minister at Washington for a number of years. He died suddenly while attending the president's reception, Jan. 1, 1883, in Washington, D. C.