Chauncey Hoyt Browning Sr. (May 15, 1903 – June 24, 1971) was
Attorney General of West Virginia in 1952, and a justice of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from August 18, 1952 until his death on June 24, 1971. Browning was a Democrat, from
Logan County, West Virginia.
[Robert Y. Spence,]
Chauncey H. Browning
, ''e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia'' (September 27, 2012).
He was the father of West Virginia attorney general
Chauncey H. Browning Jr.
He died of an apparent heart attack.
["Chauncey dies", ''New Castle News'' (June 25, 1971), p. 3.]
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West Virginia attorneys general
Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
1903 births
1971 deaths
People from Logan County, West Virginia
West Virginia Democrats
20th-century American judges
20th-century West Virginia politicians
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