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Gordon Allott
Gordon Allott
United States Senator; from Colorado
	In office; January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	Edwin C. Johnson
Succeeded by	Floyd Haskell
33rd lieutenant governor of Colorado
	In office; January 9, 1951 – January 3, 1955
Governor	Daniel I. J. Thornton
Preceded by	Charles P. Murphy
Succeeded by	Stephen McNichols
Personal details
Born	Gordon Llewellyn Allott; January 2, 1907; Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Died	January 17, 1989 (aged 82); Englewood, Colorado, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Colorado, Boulder (BA, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1946
Rank	Major
Unit	United States Army Air Corps
Battles/wars	World War II

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Gordon Llewellyn Allott (January 2, 1907 – January 17, 1989) was a Republican American politician.

Biography

Allott was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were Welsh and his paternal grandparents were English.^[1] He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. Allott was also an athlete in his youth, winning the 440 yd hurdles at the 1929 United States championships.^[2]^[3] He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo. He moved to Lamar, Colorado, in 1930 and continued practicing law.

Allott was the county attorney of Prowers County, Colorado, in 1934 and from 1941 to 1946. He was also the director of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lamar from 1934 to 1960. He became Lamar's city attorney in 1937, and served in this position until 1941.

During World War II, Allott served as a major in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946. After the war he became a district attorney in the fifteenth judicial district from 1946 to 1948. He was the vice chairman of the Colorado Board of Paroles from 1951 to 1955, and he served as the 33rd lieutenant governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955 under Democratic governor Walter Walford Johnson and Republican governor Daniel I. J. Thornton.

Allott was elected to the United States Senate in 1954. He was reelected in 1960 and again in 1966, and served from January 3, 1955, to January 3, 1973. There he was Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. Allott voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,^[4]^[5] 1964,^[6] and 1968,^[7] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,^[8] the Voting Rights Act of 1965,^[9]^[10] and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court,^[11] while Allott did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1960.^[12]

He was narrowly defeated for reelection in 1972 in an upset.

Allott died in Englewood, Colorado, and was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

Paul Weyrich and George Will worked on his Senate staff.

Sources

^ "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch, retrieved March 9, 2018
^ "Whatever Happened To... Gordon Allott". The Sheboygan Press. July 15, 1958. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian; Track & Field News. "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
^ "Senate – August 7, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (10). U.S. Government Printing Office: 13900. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – August 29, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (12). U.S. Government Printing Office: 16478. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – June 19, 1964" (PDF). Congressional Record. 110 (11). U.S. Government Printing Office: 14511. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – March 11, 1968" (PDF). Congressional Record. 114 (5). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5992. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – March 27, 1962" (PDF). Congressional Record. 108 (4). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5105. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – May 26, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (2). U.S. Government Printing Office: 11752. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – August 4, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (14). U.S. Government Printing Office: 19378. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Senate – August 30, 1967" (PDF). Congressional Record. 113 (18). U.S. Government Printing Office: 24656. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ "Senate – April 8, 1960" (PDF). Congressional Record. 106 (6). U.S. Government Printing Office: 7810–7811. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

United States Congress. "Gordon Allott (id: A000161)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.

External links

Gordon Allott at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Charles P. Murphy	Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 1951–1955	Succeeded by Stephen McNichols
Party political offices
Preceded by Will Nicholson	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado (Class 2) 1954, 1960, 1966, 1972	Succeeded by William L. Armstrong
Preceded by Bourke B. Hickenlooper	Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee 1969–1973	Succeeded by John Tower
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Edwin C. Johnson	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Colorado 1955–1973 Served alongside: Eugene Millikin, John A. Carroll, Peter H. Dominick	Succeeded by Floyd Haskell
Preceded by Thomas Kuchel	Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Committee 1969–1973	Succeeded by Paul Fannin

[1] "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch, retrieved March 9, 2018

[2] "Whatever Happened To... Gordon Allott". The Sheboygan Press. July 15, 1958. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

[tfn-3] Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian; Track & Field News. "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

[4] "Senate – August 7, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (10). U.S. Government Printing Office: 13900. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[5] "Senate – August 29, 1957" (PDF). Congressional Record. 103 (12). U.S. Government Printing Office: 16478. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[6] "Senate – June 19, 1964" (PDF). Congressional Record. 110 (11). U.S. Government Printing Office: 14511. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[7] "Senate – March 11, 1968" (PDF). Congressional Record. 114 (5). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5992. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[8] "Senate – March 27, 1962" (PDF). Congressional Record. 108 (4). U.S. Government Printing Office: 5105. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[9] "Senate – May 26, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (2). U.S. Government Printing Office: 11752. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[10] "Senate – August 4, 1965" (PDF). Congressional Record. 111 (14). U.S. Government Printing Office: 19378. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[11] "Senate – August 30, 1967" (PDF). Congressional Record. 113 (18). U.S. Government Printing Office: 24656. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

[12] "Senate – April 8, 1960" (PDF). Congressional Record. 106 (6). U.S. Government Printing Office: 7810–7811. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

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 '''Gordon Llewellyn Allott''' (January 2, 1907{{spaced ndash}}January 17, 1989) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]  American politician.
-Born in [[Pueblo, Colorado]], Allott graduated from the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. Allott was also an athlete in his youth, winning the [[400 m hurdles|440 yd hurdles]] at the 1929 [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|United States championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/wisconsin/sheboygan/sheboygan-press/1958/07-15/page-17 |title=Whatever Happened To... Gordon Allott |date=July 15, 1958 |accessdate=November 17, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Sheboygan Press]]}}</ref><ref name="tfn">{{cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=13 |title=A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011 |author1=Mallon, Bill |author2=Buchanan, Ian |author3=''[[Track & Field News]]'' |publisher=''Track & Field News'' |accessdate=November 17, 2014}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo. He moved to [[Lamar, Colorado]] in 1930 and continued practicing law.
+==Biography==
-Allott was the [[county attorney]] of [[Prowers County, Colorado]] in 1934 and from 1941 to 1946. He was also the director of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lamar from 1934 to 1960. He became Lamar's city attorney in 1937, and served in this position until 1941.
+Allott was born in [[Pueblo, Colorado]], to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were [[Wales|Welsh]] and his paternal grandparents were [[England|English]].<ref>
+{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL8-CGM |title= United States Census, 1920 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. Allott was also an athlete in his youth, winning the [[400 m hurdles|440 yd hurdles]] at the 1929 [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|United States championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/wisconsin/sheboygan/sheboygan-press/1958/07-15/page-17 |title=Whatever Happened To... Gordon Allott |date=July 15, 1958 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Sheboygan Press]]}}</ref><ref name="tfn">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=13 |title=A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2011 |author1=Mallon, Bill |author2=Buchanan, Ian |author3=Track & Field News |author3-link=Track & Field News |magazine=Track & Field News |access-date=November 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103003252/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=13 |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo. He moved to [[Lamar, Colorado]], in 1930 and continued practicing law.
+Allott was the [[county attorney]] of [[Prowers County, Colorado]], in 1934 and from 1941 to 1946. He was also the director of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lamar from 1934 to 1960. He became Lamar's city attorney in 1937, and served in this position until 1941.
-During World War II, Allott served as a [[Major (United States)|major]] in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] from 1942 to 1946. After the war he became a [[district attorney]] in the fifteenth judicial district from 1946 to 1948. He was the vice chairman of the [[Colorado Board of Paroles]] from 1951 to 1955, and he served as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Colorado|33rd Lieutenant Governor of Colorado]] from 1951 to 1955 under [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Governor [[Walter Walford Johnson]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Governor [[Daniel I.J. Thornton]].
+During World War II, Allott served as a [[Major (United States)|major]] in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] from 1942 to 1946. After the war he became a [[district attorney]] in the fifteenth judicial district from 1946 to 1948. He was the vice chairman of the [[Colorado Board of Paroles]] from 1951 to 1955, and he served as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Colorado|33rd lieutenant governor of Colorado]] from 1951 to 1955 under [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] governor [[Walter Walford Johnson]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] governor [[Daniel I. J. Thornton]].
-Allott was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1954. He was reelected in 1960 and again in 1966, and served from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1973. There he was [[United States Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman|Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee]]. Allott died in [[Englewood, Colorado]], and was interred in [[Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)|Fairmount Cemetery]], [[Denver, Colorado]].
+Allott was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1954. He was reelected in 1960 and again in 1966, and served from January 3, 1955, to January 3, 1973. There he was [[United States Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman|Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee]]. Allott voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – August 7, 1957|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=103|issue=10|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=13900|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt10/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt10-9-1.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – August 29, 1957|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=103|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=16478|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1957-pt12-6-1.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – June 19, 1964|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=110|issue=11|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=14511|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – March 11, 1968|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=114|issue=5|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=5992|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt5/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt5-4-2.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – March 27, 1962|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=108|issue=4|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=5105|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt4/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt4-9-1.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – May 26, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=2|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=11752|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt9/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt9-2-2.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – August 4, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=14|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=19378|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14-6-1.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> and the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – August 30, 1967|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=113|issue=18|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=24656|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt18/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt18-7-2.pdf|access-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref> while Allott did not vote on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Senate – April 8, 1960|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=106|issue=6|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=7810–7811|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt6/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt6-8-1.pdf|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref>
+He was narrowly defeated for reelection in 1972 in an [[Upset (competition)|upset]].
+Allott died in [[Englewood, Colorado]], and was interred in [[Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)|Fairmount Cemetery]], [[Denver, Colorado]].
 [[Paul Weyrich]] and [[George Will]] worked on his Senate staff.
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v t e United States senators from Colorado
Class 2	Teller Chilcott Tabor Bowen Wolcott Patterson Guggenheim Shafroth Phipps Costigan Johnson Allott Haskell Armstrong Brown Allard Udall Gardner Hickenlooper
Class 3	Chaffee Hill Teller Hughes Thomas Nicholson Adams Means Waterman Walker Schuyler Adams Millikin Carroll Dominick Hart Wirth Campbell Salazar Bennet

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 400 m/440 yd hurdles
1914–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1914–15: Bill Meanix 1916: Walter Hummel 1917: Floyd Smart 1918: Donald Hause 1919: Floyd Smart 1920: Frank Loomis 1921: August Desch 1922: Joseph Hall 1923: Ivan Riley 1924–26: Morgan Taylor 1927: Johnny Gibson 1928: Morgan Taylor 1929: Gordon Allott 1930: Dick Pomeroy 1931: Victor Burke 1932: Joe Healey 1933–34: Glenn Hardin 1935: Tom Moore 1936: Glenn Hardin 1937–38: Jack Patterson 1939: Roy Cochran 1940: Carl McBain 1941: Arky Erwin 1942: Walter Smith 1943–46: Arky Erwin 1947: Walter Smith 1948: Roy Cochran 1949–52: Charles Moore 1953–55: Josh Culbreath 1956–58: Glenn Davis 1959: Dick Howard 1960: Glenn Davis 1961: Cliff Cushman 1962: Willie Atterberry 1963: Rex Cawley 1964: Billy Hardin 1965: Rex Cawley 1966: Jim Miller 1967–68: Ron Whitney 1969–71: Ralph Mann 1972: Dick Bruggeman 1973–74: Jim Bolding 1975: Ralph Mann 1976: Tom Andrews 1977: Edwin Moses 1978: James Walker 1979: Edwin Moses
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: David Lee 1981: Edwin Moses 1982: David Patrick 1983: Edwin Moses 1984: David Patrick 1985: Andre Phillips 1986: Danny Harris 1987: Edwin Moses 1988: Kevin Henderson 1989–90: David Patrick 1991: Danny Harris 1992: Kevin Young
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Kevin Young 1994–95: Derrick Adkins 1996–98: Bryan Bronson 1999–2001: Angelo Taylor 2002: James Carter 2003: Eric Thomas 2004: James Carter 2005–06: Kerron Clement 2007: James Carter 2008–10: Bershawn Jackson 2011: Jeshua Anderson 2012–13: Michael Tinsley 2014: Johnny Dutch 2015: Bershawn Jackson 2016: Kerron Clement 2017: Eric Futch 2018: Kenny Selmon 2019: Rai Benjamin 2021^{2020 OT}: Rai Benjamin 2022-23: Rai Benjamin
Notes	440 yd hurdles 1914–27, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67, 1969–71 and 1973; 400 m hurdles otherwise. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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