Cecil Brown | |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1944 |
Birth Place: | Meridian, Mississippi |
Birthname: | Cecil C. Brown |
Office: | Member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from the Central District |
Predecessor: | Lynn Posey |
Successor: | Brent Bailey |
Office2: | Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 66th district |
Termstart2: | January 5, 2000 |
Termend2: | January 5, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Ken Stribling |
Successor2: | Jarvis Dortch |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 4 |
Residence: | Jackson, Mississippi |
Occupation: | Politician |
Cecil C. Brown (born June 22, 1944) is an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 66th District, from 1999 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.[1]
In the 1999 general election, Brown defeated three-term Republican incumbent Ken Stribling in what had been considered a fairly safe seat for the Republicans. During his second term, he was appointed to chair the House Education Committee.[2] He was elected to the Mississippi Public Service Commission in 2015 with 53% of the vote.[3] In 2019, he stated he wouldn't seek reelection.[4] In the 2019 general election, Republican Brent Bailey defeated Democratic candidate De'Keither Stamps to succeed Brown on the Commission.[5]