Stephen Haley Allen

Stephen Haley Allen (March 19, 1847 – October 26, 1931) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 9, 1893, to January 9, 1899.

Early life, education, and career Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua County, New York, Allen was educated in the village school, until the end of his formal education in 1862. Thereafter self-taught, he studied civil engineering, and then read law with Hon. Obed Edson to gain admission to the bar in Buffalo on May 5, 1869. in which two rival versions of the Kansas House of Representatives had been organized. The majority of the court decided to take jurisdiction of the case, and held the Republican organization to be the legal one. Allen's dissent asserted that the court had no jurisdiction over the question.