| Edwin Bird Allen | |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1836 |
| Birth Place: | Lorain County, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Buchanan County, Missouri |
| Office: | Kansas Secretary of State |
| Term Start: | January 12, 1885 |
| Term End: | January 14, 1889 |
| Predecessor: | James Smith |
| Successor: | William Higgins |
| Office2: | Kansas House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 1883 |
| Term End2: | 1884 |
| Office3: | Kansas House of Representatives |
| Term Start3: | 1872 |
| Term End3: | 1876 |
| Office4: | Mayor of Wichita, Kansas |
| Term Start4: | 1871 |
| Term End4: | 1872 |
| Predecessor4: | None |
| Successor4: | James G. Hope |
| Party: | Republican |
Edwin Bird Allen (March 7, 1836 - March 31, 1908) was an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Kansas (1885–1889), as a representative in the Kansas House of Representatives (1883–1884 and 1872–1876), and as the first mayor of Wichita (1871–1872).
Allen was born on March 7, 1836, in Lorain County, Ohio.[1] He moved to Kansas in 1865.[1] He trained as a physician and served a coroner from 1870 to 1871.[2] He was one of 124 signers of the petition to incorporate Wichita.[2] He served as the first Mayor of Wichita (1871–1872) and twice in the Kansas House of Representatives (1872–1876 and 1883–1884).[1] [2] He served as the Secretary of State of Kansas (1885–1889).[2]
Allen died on March 31, 1908, in Buchanan County, Missouri.[1] On May 25, 1857, he married Eliza Sewell; he later married Mary J. Garrison.[1] He was the elder brother of Wichita mayor Joseph P. Allen who served as mayor from 1887 to 1888.[2]