Red Brown (politician)
John "Red" Brown | |
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2nd Nacogdoches district | |
In office September 6, 1841 – 1842 | |
Member of the Alabama Senate | |
In office 1825–1827 | |
Preceded by | John Wood |
Succeeded by | John Wood |
Constituency | Jefferson County |
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
In office November 18, 1833 – January 18, 1834 Serving with Hugh M. Carithers | |
Preceded by | Samuel Sidney Earle |
Succeeded by | William A. Scott John Cantley |
Constituency | Jefferson County |
In office November 17, 1828 – January 15, 1831 | |
Preceded by | John Brown |
Succeeded by | Emery Loyd Harrison W. Goyne |
Constituency | Jefferson County |
In office November 17, 1823 – December 31, 1823 Serving with Isham Harrison | |
Preceded by | Isaac Brown Thomas W. Farrar |
Succeeded by | Thomas W. Farrar Benjamin Worthington |
Constituency | Jefferson County |
In office 1819–1821 | |
Preceded by | Legislature established |
Succeeded by | Marston Mead |
Constituency | Blount County |
Personal details | |
Born | 1787 South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | c. 1852 (aged 65–66) near Van Zandt County, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Margaret Hodges Brooks
(m. 1806; died 1849)Elizabeth Ann Rainer
(m. 1851) |
John "Red" Brown (1787 – c. 1852) was an American politician that served in both chambers of the
Linda S. Hudson wrote that Brown was likely born in Ireland and that early Texas census records list him as an Irishman and a farmer.[1] However, John "Red" Brown was born in South Carolina in 1787.[2][3] He was commonly known as Red due to his ruddy complexion, to distinguish himself from the other John Browns in the county.[4]
He moved to Alabama from South Carolina in about 1818.
He moved to Texas in 1836, settling in the Nacogdoches district. Brown represented Nacogdoches in the 6th Congress of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1842.[6][3]
Brown was elected to the First Texas Legislature after
He was a founder of Henderson County when it was formed from Nacogdoches County in 1846. Brown served as a notary public and a ferry operator, and received a license to operate a toll-bridge over Kickapoo Creek near Old Normandy (present-day Brownsboro, which was named for John Brown). On 27 April 1846, Brown helped to found the Texas Democratic Party in Austin. Brown served as a commissioner to help locate the state penitentiary in 1848. Brown established the town of Brownsboro in 1849, now the oldest town in Henderson County.[6] In 1850, Brown was one of the commissioners that selected Athens as the seat of Henderson County.[1]
Brown was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 17th district for 4 days. He was sworn in on November 3, 1851, and was unseated on November 6 following a contested election.[6] He served until a vote recount proved that his opponent, Jonathan Russell, won the election.[3]
Brown was married to Margaret Hodges Brooks. After her death in 1849, he married Elizabeth Ann (
Notes
- ^ Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c Brewer 1872, p. 290.
- ^ a b c d Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council. "Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature 1846–2016" (PDF). Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Texas Legislative Council. pp. 104–105.
- ^ a b Du Bose 1887, p. 85.
- ^ "History of the Court". Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. August 13, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "John "Red" Brown". Texas Legislators: Past & Present. Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. 1846. pp. 67–8, 104–5. Retrieved January 12, 2007 – via Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
Bibliography
- OCLC 1713289 – via the Wayback Machine.
- Du Bose, John Witherspoon (1887). Jefferson County and Birmingham Alabama Historical and Biographical. OCLC 1047516396.