Allan W. Thurman

Allen William Thurman (May 1847 – November 15, 1922) was an American politician and baseball executive from Ohio. He ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio in 1889 with eugenicist ideas.

Early life Allen William Thurman was born in May 1847 in Chillicothe, Ohio, to Mary A. (née Dun) and Allen G. Thurman. His father was a U.S. senator. At a young age, he worked as a secretary to his father.

Career In 1875, Thurman was a trustee of Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio. In 1889, he sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio. He was replaced by Louis Kramer.

In 1896, Thurman championed the free silver movement in Ohio.

Thurman wrote in journals and periodicals about the free silver movement and economic ideas.

Thurman married Harriet Webb of Baltimore. They had four sons and two daughters, A. Lee, Allen G., Tod Deford, Sterling, Katherine De Ford and Mrs. Virginia Cole.

Thurman died following a fall on November 15, 1922, aged 74, at the home of his daughter at Sunbury Pike near Linden, Ohio. He was buried at Green Lawn Cemetery.