| State Senate: | Mississippi State |
| District: | 35th |
| Termstart: | January 1918 |
| Termend: | February 1922 |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Pleasant, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Predecessor: | John W. Barbee |
| Successor: | B. E. Wilson |
| Death Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Joseph Neal Brown (October 2, 1849 – February 1922) was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the state's 35th senatorial district from 1918 to 1922.
Joseph Neal Brown was born on October 2, 1849, in Mount Pleasant, Mississippi.[1] [2] He was the son of George W. Brown and Ellen (Huffman) Brown. He was educated in the private schools of DeSoto County. He served as a member of the Board of Supervisors of DeSoto County, Mississippi, and he served some years as its president. He was elected to represent Mississippi's 35th senatorial district as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate in a 1916 special election after the resignation of incumbent senator John W. Barbee. He served in the 1918 session. In 1919, he was re-elected for the 1920–1924 term. After a two-week illness, Brown died in February 1922 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.[3] He was succeeded in the position by B. E. Wilson.