California State Officials Biographies 1911

MATTHEW THOMPSON ALLEN

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
Presiding Justice.
MATTHEW THOMPSON ALLEN (Republican) was born at Greenville, Ohio, September 17, 
1848; he was educated in the common schools of his native State, with a partial 
course at Otterbein University; in February, 1887, he came to California, and 
took up the practice of his profession of attorney at law in Los Angeles; for a 
time he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
California; he was elected Judge of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County in 
November, 1896, and reelected in November, 1902; on April 10, 1905, he was 
appointed Associate Justice of the District Court of Appeal, Second District; 
elected Presiding Justice for the Second District, November 6, 1906, and 
allotted the eight-year term. At this election he was the nominee of the 
Republican and Democratic parties.

Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913