Born in
Claremont, New Hampshire, to William H. and Ellen (Joslin) Allen, he received an undergraduate degree from
Dartmouth College in 1894, and a law degree from
Harvard Law School in 1898. and the elevation of associate justice
Robert J. Peaslee to chief justice. Allen served as "associate justice of the Supreme court, and as chief Justice from 1934 until 1943", again succeeding Peaslee. ==Personal life and death==