Thomas M. Allen (Georgia politician) explained

State House:	Georgia
District:	Jasper County
Term Start:	1868
Term End:	?
Party:	Republican

Thomas M. Allen was an American Baptist preacher who served as a representative in the Georgia Assembly during the Reconstruction Era. He was African American.^[1] He was elected in 1868, representing Jasper County as a Republican.^[2] Allen escaped assassination by the Ku Klux Klan after they murdered his brother-in-law by mistake during their attempt on his life.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Paul A. Cimbala. Under the Guardianship of the Nation: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction of Georgia, 1865-1870. 1 March 2003. University of Georgia Press. 978-0-8203-2511-8. 309–.
2. Book: The Way it was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia . 106 . Donald Lee Grant . University of Georgia Press. 1993. 9780820323299 .
3. Book: The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America . 73 . Wyn Craig Wade. Oxford University Press. 1998. 9780195123579 .