
Frank Gilman Allen (6 October 1874-9 October 1950) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 3 January 1929 to 8 January 1931, succeeding Alvan T. Fuller and preceding Joseph B. Ely.
Biography[]
Frank Gilman Allen was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1874, and he worked as a leather and wool merchant before serving as a member of the Norwood Board of Assessors from 1910 to 1915, as a town selectman from 1915 to 1922, in the State House from 1918 to 1919, in the State Senate from 1921 to 1924, as Lieutenant Governor from 1925 to 1929, and as Governor from 1929 to 1931. The Great Depression resulted in his defeat for re-election and a downturn of his business fortunes, and he died in 1950.