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Allen graduated in 1938 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School]in Shreveport. For a time, Allen attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. However, he graduated from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport. He also attended [[Louisiana State University]] Law School in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was an associate with Allen Construction Company until he became utilities commissioner in 1962.
Allen graduated in 1938 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School]in Shreveport. For a time, Allen attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. However, he graduated from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport. He also attended [[Louisiana State University]] Law School in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was an associate with Allen Construction Company until he became utilities commissioner in 1962.
==32-year Navy veteran==
==32-year Navy veteran==
Allen served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1946 during [[World War II]] and again from 1950 to 1954 during the [[Korean War]]. He retired with the rank of captain from the U.S. Naval Reserve after more than three decades of total service. He was a former member of the Council of the Navy League of the United States, the Naval Reserve Association, and the Reserve Officers Association. Allen was a past commander of the Lowe-McFarland American Legion post in Shreveport. And he was chairman of the naval affairs committee of the Louisiana American Legion.
Allen served in the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1946 during [[World War II]] and again from 1950 to 1954 during the [[Korean War]]. He retired with the rank of captain from the U.S. Naval Reserve after more than three decades of total service. He was a former member of the Council of the Navy League of the United States, the Naval Reserve Association, and the Reserve Officers Association. Allen was a past commander of the Lowe-McFarland American Legion post in Shreveport. And he was chairman of the naval affairs committee of the Louisiana American Legion.
==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==
==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==
In the Second District, incumbent Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-1972) defeated George Blue by a margin only slightly less impressive than Brooks' triumph over Allen, 69,715 (64.5 percent) to 38,344 (35.5 percent).<ref name=1956returns/> Like Allen, Blue would later switch to the Democratic Party. Whereas Allen became a city commissioner and then mayor and even later briefly a city council member, Blue was elected in 1964 to an at-large seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish.
In the Second District, incumbent Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-1972) defeated George Blue by a margin only slightly less impressive than Brooks' triumph over Allen, 69,715 (64.5 percent) to 38,344 (35.5 percent).<ref name=1956returns/> Like Allen, Blue would later switch to the Democratic Party. Whereas Allen became a city commissioner and then mayor and even later briefly a city council member, Blue was elected in 1964 to an at-large seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish.
==Election as mayor, 1970==
==Election as mayor, 1970==