Raleigh Brown | |
State House: | Texas |
District: | 84-2 |
Term Start: | 1963 |
Term End: | 1967 |
Preceded: | Roy Truett Latimer |
Succeeded: | Frank Calhoun |
Office2: | Texas State Judge of 42nd District |
Term Start2: | 1967 |
Term End2: | 1972 |
Office3: | Justice of Texas 11th Court of Appeals |
Term Start3: | 1972 |
Term End3: | 1986 |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1921 |
Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
Children: | Nancy Jennings Betsy Skorburg Julie Denny |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Alma Mater: | Middle Tennessee State University Southern Methodist University Law School |
Raleigh Holden Brown (December 10, 1921 – May 23, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives 1963-1967[1] and later became a judge.[2]
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown's ancestry was from Tennessee, where also lived much of his early life. He was of Melungeon Heritage, which would explain his flat pushed in nose, and nappy hair he bequeathed to his daughters. Brown was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and later became a Texas state judge. He lived in Abilene, Texas.[3] [4]