John W. Browning
John Walker Browning (June 10, 1842 in New York City – 1904) was an American journalist, lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He attended Public School No. 3 and then learned the trade of a bricklayer.
During the
U.S. Department of War
from 1864 to 1867.
From 1868 to 1872 he was an inspector of the
building department in New York City. He then became a journalist, and was the Albany correspondent of the New York Star and the New York Evening Express until 1877. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 9th D.) in 1878
.
In November 1879 he was defeated for the
State Senate by Republican Robert H. Strahan. In 1880, Browning unsuccessfully contested Strahan's election, and studied law. He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1881, was admitted to the bar later that year, and practiced in New York City. He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) in 1882 and 1883
.
In 1884, he removed to
Denver, Colorado, and practiced law there. He was Assistant Postmaster of Denver from 1885 to 1888; and Melter of the U.S. Mint at Denver
from 1888 to 1890.
He was buried at the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.
Sources
- Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291, 377 and 380)
- STATE LEGISLATIVE WORK in NYT on January 21, 1880
- Sketches of the Members of the Legislatures in The Evening Journal Almanac (1883)
- NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT in NYT on May 15, 1888