John Evert Van Alen (1749 – February 27, 1807) was an American surveyor, merchant, and politician from Rensselaer County, New York.
He was born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He served in the state Assembly and represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 until 1799. The John Evert Van Alen House, constructed while he was sitting in Congress at Philadelphia, is extant in Defreestville, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
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