Horace Bull Allis (1813-1868) served as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives and represented Jefferson County, Arkansas. He was a Unionist Republican.
He was involved in an 1853 Arkansas Supreme Court case.
He sent a letter to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.
He was one of the preparers of Arkansas' 1864 constitution. He lived in Pine Bluff. He was accused of being a Copperhead while serving as Speaker of the Arkansas House.
He refused to sign William M. Fishback's election certificate.
References
- Herndon, Dallas Tabor (December 8, 1922). "Centennial History of Arkansas". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via Google Books.
- Wakelyn, Jon L. (March 30, 2002). "Confederates against the Confederacy: Essays on Leadership and Loyalty". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
- Court, Arkansas Supreme (December 8, 1853). "Arkansas Reports". State of Arkansas. – via Google Books.
- "Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: Horace B. Allis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 07, 1864 (Affairs in Arkansas)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- "1864 Arkansas Constitution". Arkansas Constitutions. 19 January 1864.
- Baggett, James Alex (September 1, 2004). "The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction". LSU Press – via Google Books.
- Rodrigue, John C. (January 26, 2023). "Freedom's Crescent". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
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