Stephen Allen
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Stephen Allen was the Mayor of New York for three terms from December 1821 through 1824.
Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor.
Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon Canal Company in February 1824.
Allen lived in 1 Washington Square North
after 1835.
He died in the Henry Clay Steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852 in Riverdale, Bronx
and is buried in the New York City Marble Cemetery
.
Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor.
Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon Canal Company in February 1824.
Allen lived in 1 Washington Square North
Washington Square North
Washington Square North, also historically called "The Row", is a American street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York....
after 1835.
He died in the Henry Clay Steamboat disaster on July 28, 1852 in Riverdale, Bronx
Riverdale, Bronx
Riverdale is an affluent residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx in New York City. Riverdale contains the northernmost point in New York City.-History:...
and is buried in the New York City Marble Cemetery
New York City Marble Cemetery
The New York City Marble Cemetery is an historic cemetery founded in 1831, and located at 52-74 East Second Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
.