Allen, Thomas H.

1945 - Allen was born in Portland, Maine on April 16, 1945.

1968 - Married Diana Bell.

1970 - Attended Bowdoin College and later transferred to Wadham College in the University of Oxford after he won a Rhodes Scholarship.

1974 - Earned his degree in law at the Harvard University.

1975 - Became a lawyer and worked as a staff member for Governor Kenneth M. Curtis, for the senator Muskie and for the Mayor of Portland, Maine.

1997-2006 - Elected as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 1st District of Maine.