Charles Brown (congressman)

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Charles Brown
Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate for the 2nd district
In office
1838–1841
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1830–1833
Personal details
Born(1797-09-23)September 23, 1797
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedSeptember 4, 1883(1883-09-04) (aged 85)
Dover, Delaware, US
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Charles Brown (September 23, 1797 – September 4, 1883) was an American politician from

Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district
from 1838 to 1841.

Early life

Charles Brown was born in Philadelphia. In early boyhood moved with his father to Cumberland County, New Jersey, and resided near Bridgeton, New Jersey. He was an officer in the State militia from 1817 to 1819. He served as town clerk of Dover Township, New Jersey (now Toms River Township), in 1819, and taught school at Dividing Creek, New Jersey, in 1820 and 1821. He returned to Philadelphia in 1823 and engaged in the cordwood business.[1]

Pennsylvania state service

He was appointed a director of the Philadelphia public schools in 1828, and served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council in 1830 and 1831. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1830 to 1833, and was a delegate to the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania from 1834 to 1838. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1838 to 1841.

United States House of Representatives

Brown was elected as a Democrat to the

1848.[2]

Later life

He was a member of the board of inspectors of the

National Union Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He served as president of the board of trustees of the Dover public schools from 1871 to 1878. He died in Dover and was interred at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[3]

Personal life

Brown was the son-in-law of

Francis Rawn Shunk, 10th Governor of Pennsylvania and father of Francis Shunk Brown, Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Charles Brown". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ISBN 978-1-61168-621-0
    . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Charles Brown". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Brown, C to D". www.politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
1841–1843 		Succeeded by
Edward J. Morris
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
1847–1849 		Succeeded by
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by
Alexander M. Peltz
 Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate, 2nd district

1838-1841 		Succeeded by
Michael Snyder
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