William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician) explained

William Brown
Office:Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 24th district
Term Start:November 3, 1914
Term End:January 31, 1915
Predecessor:Henry Temple
Successor:Henry Temple
Office1:8th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Governor1:Samuel W. Pennypacker
Term Start1:January 20, 1903
Term End1:January 15, 1907
Predecessor1:John P. S. Gobin
Successor1:Robert S. Murphy
State Senate2:Pennsylvania
District2:47th
Term Start2:January 5, 1897
Term End2:April 20, 1899
Predecessor2:James Fruit
Successor2:James Emery
Birth Date:20 September 1850
Birth Place:Greenville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Party:Republican
Signature:Signature of William M. Brown (1850–1915).png

William M. Brown (September 20, 1850  - January 31, 1915) was a Republican political official from Pennsylvania.[1] [2]

Background

Brown was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania but grew up in Iowa, where his family purchased a farm following the death of his father. In 1869, he moved to New Castle, Pennsylvania and found employment as a bookkeeper for First National Bank. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1876. In 1883, Brown took a job negotiating homesteading contracts for the federal government, which required him to return for two years to Iowa. He moved back to New Castle in 1885, where he opened a department store and helped to finance the city's streetcar line. Brown was soon elected as a Republican to city council.

In 1896, Brown was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving one term from 1897 to 1899. In 1902, he was elected lieutenant governor, alongside gubernatorial candidate Samuel Pennypacker, and served from 1903 until 1907.

At the end of his term in Harrisburg, Brown returned to New Castle and invested in banking and railroad interests. In 1914 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, but died from pneumonia in New York City on January 31, 1915, before he was able to take office.[3]

See also

References

  1. Shimmel, Lewis Slifer. The State Capitol of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Nineteen Hundred and Six: "William M. Brown, p. 106. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Harrisburg Telegraph Printing Company, 1906.
  2. Cochran, Thos. B. and Herman P. Miller, compilers. Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania: "William M. Brown," p. 124. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1903.
  3. News: William M. Brown Dies in New York . . New York . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . 19 . 1915-02-01 . 2023-06-15 . Newspapers.com.

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