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Thomas M. Allen
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the Jasper County district
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1868–?
Personal details
Political party Republican

Thomas M. Allen was a Baptist preacher who served as a representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction Era. He was African American. He was elected in the 1868, representing Jasper county as a Republican. Allen escaped assassination by the Ku Klux Klan after they murdered his brother-in-law by mistake during their attempt on his life.

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