Paul Brown (March 31, 1880 – September 24, 1961) was an American

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and lawyer, who served in the

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. Brown was born in Hartwell,

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, and graduated from the

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with a

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(

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) degree in 1901. He was admitted to the state bar in that year and began practicing law in

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. He farmed and also served as the

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of Lexington from 1908 to 1914. Brown served in the

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in 1907 and 1908. In 1920, Brown moved to

Elberton, Georgia Elberton is the largest city in Elbert County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,653 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Elbert County. History Settled in the 1780s, Elbert was designated seat of the newly formed Elber ...

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and served as that county's attorney from 1928 to 1933. In 1932, he was a delegate to the

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Democratic National Convention. The next year Brown successfully ran in a special election to fill the vacant seat in Georgia's 10th congressional district in the

caused by the death of incumbent

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. Brown finished the rest of that term in the

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and was reelected to 13 additional terms in that position. A staunch

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, in 1956, Brown signed "The Southern Manifesto." In 1960, he did not seek reelection. Brown died the next year on September 24, 1961, in Elberton and was buried in that city's Elmhurst Cemetery.

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''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, p.1924

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