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.1 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 1911.2 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.3
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.4
See also
Notes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allen T. Treadway.- United States Congress. "Allen T. Treadway (id: T000358)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
References
Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical history of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society. ↩
Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society. ↩
Drew, Bernard A. "R.L. Buell served as advisor to Wilkie". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2022-03-19. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/r-l-buell-served-as-advisor-to-wilkie/article_308d4e55-9d41-5026-9ce6-9c6339263875.html ↩
Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society. ↩