Seth W. Brown

Summary

Seth W. Brown (January 4, 1841 – February 24, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Seth W. Brown
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
Preceded byGeorge W. Hulick
Succeeded byCharles Q. Hildebrant
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Warren County district
In office
January 7, 1884 – January 1, 1888
Preceded byJames Scott
Succeeded byWilliam T. Whitacre
Personal details
Born(1841-01-04)January 4, 1841
Waynesville, Ohio
DiedFebruary 24, 1923(1923-02-24) (aged 82)
Lebanon, Ohio
Resting placeMiami Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

He was born near Waynesville, Ohio and attended the public schools. During the Civil War, Brown served in Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he engaged in the newspaper business, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1873, commencing practice in Waynesville, Ohio.

He served as prosecuting attorney for Warren County from 1880 to 1883. He resumed practicing law in Lebanon, Ohio, before serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1883 to 1887. Brown was a presidential elector in 1888 for the Republican presidential and vice-presidential ticket of Harrison/Morton.[1]

Brown was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1901). He unsuccessfully ran for renomination in 1900. After his retirement, Brown resumed his law practice in Lebanon and Cincinnati, Ohio. Until his death, Brown was a writer on political and governmental subjects. Brown died in Lebanon, Ohio, February 24, 1923, and was interred in Miami Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 106

Sources edit

  • United States Congress. "Seth W. Brown (id: B000943)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 106.

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 6th congressional district

1897–1901
Succeeded by