James Browning Allen (December 28, 1912 – June 1, 1978) was an American Democratic politician serving as U.S. senator representing Alabama.

[1] During his first tenure, he asked the Alabama Legislature to reject federal funding and refuse to comply with school integration following the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

[5] Like his Republican Senate colleague, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Allen was a master of parliamentary procedure.

[6] Following the 1974 midterm elections, Allen pledged to use filibusters against liberal officeholders in favor of large spending in the upcoming 94th United States Congress, reasoning that some of the newly elected Democrats could favor larger spending than the members they had replaced: "I don't feel the voters have given any mandate toward increased expenditures.

[7] In December 1974, James Allen led a group of senators in an anti-busing filibuster against the removal of an amendment previously passed in the House of Representatives designed to curb Government enforcement of desegregation orders.

"[8] James Allen served in the Senate until his death of a heart attack on June 1, 1978, at the resort community of Gulf Shores, Alabama.