Allen T. Caperton | |
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| United States Senator from West Virginia | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Boreman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Price |
| Confederate States Senator from Virginia | |
| In office January 22, 1864 – May 10, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | William B. Preston |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Monroe County | |
| In office December 7, 1857 – December 2, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Lively |
| In office December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus A. Chapman |
| Succeeded by | William Adair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Allen Taylor Caperton November 21, 1810 Union, Virginia, U.S. (now West Virginia) |
| Died | July 26, 1876 (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Hill Cemetery Union, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Harriet Echols |
| Children | 5 |
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| Alma mater | University of Virginia Yale University |
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Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate before the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate States senator.