Miles C. Allgood

Miles Clayton Allgood (February 22, 1878 – March 4, 1977) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama.

He became the tax assessor of Blount County, Alabama from 1900 to 1909, and was a member of the State Democratic executive committee from 1908 to 1910.

Allgood was a proponent of establishing a minimum wage to encourage businesses to hire white workers over non-white workers who were willing to work for less, telling his fellow Congressmen he hoped a bare minimum wage law would put an end to out-of-state contractors bringing in "cheap colored labor... in competition with [local] white labor.

"[3] An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934, Allgood served as a member of the Farm Security Administration from September 4, 1935, until he retired on December 1, 1943.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress