Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Malachi Weston Allen

Full Name: Malachi Weston Allen
Birth date: March 11, 1823
Death date: October 14, 1874

Terms of Service

Senate, 6th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 5th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
11/7/1853 - 11/2/1857

(1) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(2) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(3) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(4) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Malachi W. Allen, age 30 in 1853, native state Mississippi, emigrated from Arkansas in 1846, farmer, postoffice McKinney, Collin County. House Journal .

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Private, 7th Mississippi Cavalry. Military grave marker, M.W. Allen (1823-1874), burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County; M.W. Allen, "A Pioneer of Collin Co.," burial with spouse Virginia Royall Allen. Find a Grave .
Mentioned as candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1857 (Francis Lubbock won election). State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 2/28/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Malachi Weston Allen, birth date 3/11/1823, death date 10/14/1874 in Pilot Point, Texas; marriage to Virginia Harding Royall 7/21/1857. Genealogy of Virginia Harding Royall, Collin Chronicles, Volume 19, Number 4, Summer 1999, p. 91, crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .