Arthur Brown (March 8, 1843December 12, 1906) was a

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from

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Early life

Arthur Brown was born March 8, 1843, on a farm in Prairie Ronde,

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. When he was thirteen the family moved to

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, where he attended

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, from which he graduated with a BA degree in 1862. He pursued graduate work at the

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while also attending the

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, and he received a MA in 1863 and an

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in 1864. Brown practiced law in

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, and also became active in politics as a Republican.

Career

In 1879, he moved to

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, in hopes of being appointed U.S. district attorney for the territory. Failing to do so, he instead set up a private law practice. Nearing forty and a successful attorney, Brown joined the Republican Party and rose through its ranks. In 1896 the predominantly Republican Legislature elected him and Frank J. Cannon as Utah's first U.S. senators, an office sought by many prominent men as it was the great political prize of statehood. Brown drew the short term, serving in the Senate from January 22, 1896, until March 3, 1897. He was not a candidate for renomination and resumed the practice of law in

. Brown was also the second cousin of future

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and a member of the Phillips Congregational Church, in Salt Lake City.

Wives, mistresses, and death

Brown was first married to Lydia Coon, with whom he had a daughter, Alice. Brown later married Isabel Cameron after separating from Lydia and with her had one son, Max. Brown then met Anne Maddison Bradley and the two became lovers. Isabel hired a detective and charged Brown and they were jailed more than once for adultery. On February 4, 1903, Brown was found guilty of contempt of court in failing to comply with the Salt Lake City court's order to pay Mrs. Brown temporary alimony of $150 month. On December 8, 1906, Brown was shot in

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, by his longtime

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, Bradley, who claimed to be the mother of his children. Bradley found love letters to Brown from Asenath Ann "Annie" Adams Kiskadden (an actress who was the mother of actress

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). Bradley assumed Brown was having a second affair with Kiskadden and confronted him at The Raleigh Hotel on 12th Street near

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. That night (December 8, 1906), Bradley shot Brown. Brown died from his wounds four days later, at age 63, and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City. At trial, it was revealed that Brown's will renounced Bradley and the two sons she claimed he sired, and a sympathetic jury acquitted her due to temporary insanity. https://supreme.findlaw.com] , Chronology of Congressional Sex Scandals , Compiled by JOHN W. DEAN

/ref> Brown's murder was featured in an episode of ''

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'', entitled "Ruthless Revenge".

References

External links

The Shooting of Arthur Brown
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