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{{Short description|Republican United States Senator from Colorado}}
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|name = Gordon Allott
|name = Gordon Allott
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|image = Senator Gordon Allott.jpg
|alt = Official portrait of Senator Allott
|jr/sr = United States Senator
|jr/sr = United States Senator
|state = [[Colorado]]
|state = [[Colorado]]
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|predecessor = [[Edwin C. Johnson]]
|predecessor = [[Edwin C. Johnson]]
|successor = [[Floyd Haskell]]
|successor = [[Floyd Haskell]]
|office1 = [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Colorado|Lieutenant Governor of Colorado]]
|office1 = 33rd [[List of lieutenant governors of Colorado|lieutenant governor of Colorado]]
|governor1 = [[Walter Walford Johnson]]<br>[[Daniel I. J. Thornton]]
|governor1 =[[Daniel I. J. Thornton]]
|term_start1 = January 9, 1951
|term_start1 = January 9, 1951
|term_end1 = January 3, 1955
|term_end1 = January 3, 1955
|predecessor1 = [[Charles Murphy (Colorado politician)|Charles Murphy]]
|predecessor1 = [[Charles P. Murphy]]
|successor1 = [[Stephen McNichols]]
|successor1 = [[Stephen McNichols]]
|birth_name = Gordon Llewellyn Allott
|birth_name = Gordon Llewellyn Allott
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|branch = {{army|United States}}
|serviceyears = 1942–1946
|serviceyears = 1942–1946
|rank = [[Major]]
|rank = [[Major (rank)|Major]]
|battles = [[World War II]]
|battles = [[World War II]]
|unit = [[United States Army Air Corps]]
|unit = [[United States Army Air Corps]]
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'''Gordon Llewellyn Allott''' (January 2, 1907{{spaced ndash}}January 17, 1989) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] American politician.
'''Gordon Llewellyn Allott''' (January 2, 1907{{spaced ndash}}January 17, 1989) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] American politician.


==Biography==
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>
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]] |accessdate=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 |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.
{{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.
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 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>
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]].

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.
[[Paul Weyrich]] and [[George Will]] worked on his Senate staff.
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Gordon Allott
Official portrait of Senator Allott
United States Senator
from Colorado
In office
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1973
Preceded byEdwin C. Johnson
Succeeded byFloyd Haskell
33rd lieutenant governor of Colorado
In office
January 9, 1951 – January 3, 1955
GovernorDaniel I. J. Thornton
Preceded byCharles P. Murphy
Succeeded byStephen McNichols
Personal details
Born
Gordon Llewellyn Allott

(1907-01-02)January 2, 1907
Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJanuary 17, 1989(1989-01-17) (aged 82)
Englewood, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Colorado, Boulder (BA, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1942–1946
RankMajor
UnitUnited States Army Air Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II

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.

See also

Sources

  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.
  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.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
1951–1955 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado
(Class 2)
1954, 1960, 1966, 1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee
1969–1973 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Colorado
1955–1973
Served alongside: Eugene Millikin, John A. Carroll, Peter H. Dominick 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ranking Member of the Senate Interior Committee
1969–1973 		Succeeded by
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