Anson Brown Explained

Anson Brown
State1:New York
District1:11th
Term Start1:March 4, 1839
Term End1:June 14, 1840
Preceded1:John I. De Graff
Succeeded1:Nicholas B. Doe
Birth Date: 1800
Birth Place:Charlton, New York
Death Place:Ballston Spa, New York
Party:Whig
Occupation:attorney

Anson Brown (1800 – June 14, 1840) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Charlton, New York, Brown attended the public schools, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ballston Spa, New York. He was one of the first directors of the Ballston Spa State Bank (later the Ballston Spa National Bank), which was organized in 1830.

Brown was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1839, until his death in Ballston Spa, June 14, 1840.He was interred in the cemetery of the Ballston Spa Cemetery Association.

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