Jason Brevoort Brown (February 26, 1839 – March 10, 1898) was a

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American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1889 to 1895.

Biography

Born in

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, Brown attended the common schools and Wilmington Academy,

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. He studied law and was

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in 1860. He subsequently commenced a legal practice in

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Early political career

He served as a member of the state house of representatives from 1862 to 1866, and as member of the state senate in 1870. Brown served as Secretary of the Territory of Wyoming from 1873 to 1875. He moved to

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in 1875 and later became a member of the state senate there, serving from 1880 to 1883.

Congress

Brown was elected as a

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to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Fifty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in

, and died there March 10, 1898. He was interred in Riverview Cemetery.

References

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