Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 – February 16, 1947) was a Massachusetts Republican politician.
Biography Treadway was born on September 16, 1867, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway. He graduated from Amherst College in 1886. Treadway served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1904, and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1908 to 1911; he served as Senate president from 1909 to 1911. From March 4, 1913, until January 3, 1945, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Treadway represented Massachusetts' 1st congressional district for sixteen consecutive terms.
He died on February 16, 1947, aged 79, in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Stockbridge Cemetery, in his home town of Stockbridge.
Legacy Treadway once owned the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, the Inn has a room named for him.
See also 130th Massachusetts General Court (1909) 131st Massachusetts General Court (1910)
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