Allan K. Perry

{{Short description|American politician from Arizona}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Allan K. Perry

|image =

|caption =

|office =

|constituency =

|term_start =

|term_end =

|preceded =

|succeeded =

|state_senate1 = Arizona

|district1 = Maricopa County

|term_start1 = January 1929

|term_end1 = December 1930

|predecessor1 = Dan P. Jones
Harlow Akers

|successor1 = Joe C. Haldiman
Frank T. Pomeroy

|state_house2 =

|district2 =

|term_start2 =

|term_end2 =

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =

|state_senate3 =

|district3 =

|term_start3 =

|term_end3 =

|predecessor3 =

|successor3 =

|state_senate4 =

|district4 =

|term_start4 =

|term_end4 =

|predecessor4=

|successor4 =

|state_senate5=

|district5 =

|term_start5 =

|term_end5 =

|predecessor5=

|successor5 =

|birth_date = 1898

|birth_place = Wisconsin

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|11|13|1898||}}

|death_place = Phoenix, Arizona

|nationality = American

|party = Democrat

|spouse =

|children =

|residence =

|alma_mater = University of Arizona

|profession = Politician

}}

Allan K. Perry was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 9th Arizona State Legislature, holding one of the two seats from Maricopa County.{{cite web|url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/20965?keywords=Session%20laws,%20State%20of%20Arizona,%201931,%20Ninth%20Legislature,%20Regular%20Session&highlights=eyIwIjoibGF3cywiLCIxIjoibmludGgiLCIyIjoibGVnaXNsYXR1cmUsIiwiMyI6InJlZ3VsYXIiLCI0Ijoic2Vzc2lvbiwiLCI1Ijoic3RhdGUiLCI2IjoiYXJpem9uYSwiLCIxMCI6InNlc3Npb258bmludGgiLCIxNSI6InNlc3Npb24iLCIxNiI6Imxhd3MiLCIxNyI6ImFyaXpvbmEiLCIxOCI6ImxlZ2lzbGF0dXJlIiwiMzQiOiJzZXNzaW9uOyIsIjQwIjoic2Vzc2lvbnMsIn0=&lsk=3d9cdc51035c5967e3d6cee6c4d82a0d |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1928, Eighth Legislature, Fifth and Sixth Special Sessions, 1929, Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session|access-date=January 30, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006142722/https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/20965?keywords=Session%20laws,%20State%20of%20Arizona,%201931,%20Ninth%20Legislature,%20Regular%20Session&highlights=eyIwIjoibGF3cywiLCIxIjoibmludGgiLCIyIjoibGVnaXNsYXR1cmUsIiwiMyI6InJlZ3VsYXIiLCI0Ijoic2Vzc2lvbiwiLCI1Ijoic3RhdGUiLCI2IjoiYXJpem9uYSwiLCIxMCI6InNlc3Npb258bmludGgiLCIxNSI6InNlc3Npb24iLCIxNiI6Imxhd3MiLCIxNyI6ImFyaXpvbmEiLCIxOCI6ImxlZ2lzbGF0dXJlIiwiMzQiOiJzZXNzaW9uOyIsIjQwIjoic2Vzc2lvbnMsIn0=&lsk=3d9cdc51035c5967e3d6cee6c4d82a0d |archivedate=October 6, 2022}} Perry was born in 1898 in Wisconsin, and moved to Arizona in 1917. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a law degree and went to work with his partner, Charles Wolfe, in the firm of Wolfe and Perry in Tempe, Arizona. He moved to Phoenix and became a law partner in the firm of Kramner-Rocher-Perry in 1932.{{cite news|title=Couples Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110224567/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=July 23, 1972|page=177|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Allan Perry, 78; Former Tempe JP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110224625/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=November 15, 1976|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Young Phoenix People Marry In Los Angeles|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110224843/|newspaper=The Arizona Republican|date=July 23, 1922|page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} Perry married Capitola Roach on July 25, 1922, in Phoenix, Arizona.{{cite news|title=Son of Local Man Weds At Phoenix|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110224214/marriage-of-perry-roach/|newspaper=Weekly Journal-Miner|date=July 26, 1922|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} The couple had three children, Wallace, Allan R., and Yvonne.{{cite news|title=Who's Who 'Away Back In Phoenix|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110224337/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=May 6, 1962|page=65|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1951 he wrote the novel, Winners Get Lost, which was well received by critics, both when it was initially released, and again upon its re-release in 1964.{{r|obit}} His daughter, Yvonne, edited the manuscript for her father.{{cite news|title=Yvonne Perry Lilly|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110240936/obituary-for-yvonne-perry-lilley/|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=April 27, 2005|page=30|via=Newspapers.com}} He served as Arizona's assistant attorney general under both John Sullivan and Joe Conway. He died on November 13, 1976, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.{{r|obit}}