Jeremiah Brown (politician)

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Jeremiah Brown

Jeremiah Brown (April 14, 1785 – March 2, 1858) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

Biography

Jeremiah Brown was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1826. He was a delegate to the convention to revise the State constitution in 1836.

Brown was elected as a Whig to the

1844. He served as first associate judge for Lancaster and served from 1851 to 1856. He died in Goshen, Pennsylvania
, in 1858. Interment in the cemetery adjoining Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House in Little Britain Township.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edward Davies
Member of the 
John Edwards
Succeeded by
Charles J. Ingersoll
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

1843–1845
Succeeded by