Charles Brown (politician)

Charles Brown (born September 23, 1797 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  September 4, 1883 in Dover , Delaware ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 and again from 1847 to 1849 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Brown attended the public schools in his home country and then moved with his father to Cumberland County , New Jersey . Between 1817 and 1819 he served as an officer in the national guard of this state. In 1819 he was employed as the Town Clerk in Dover ; between 1820 and 1821 he worked as a teacher at Dividing Creek . In 1823 he returned to Philadelphia, where he worked in the firewood business. In 1828 he became a director of the Philadelphia School Board. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served on the Philadelphia City Council in 1830 and 1831. From 1830 to 1833 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; Between 1834 and 1838 Brown was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. He was then a member of the State Senate from 1838 to 1841 .

In the congressional elections of 1840 Brown was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Lemuel Paynter on March 4, 1841 . Since he refused to run again in 1842, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1843 . This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

In 1843, Brown presided over the meeting to nominate the Pennsylvania state sewer officers. He was also politically active at the local level. In the elections of 1846 he was re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state, where he replaced John Hull Campbell on March 4, 1847 . Until March 3, 1849 he was able to spend another term in the US House of Representatives, which was determined by the events of the Mexican-American War . In 1848 he no longer ran.

Between 1851 and 1853, Brown served on the Board of Control of the Eastern State Penitentiary , a penitentiary for eastern Pennsylvania. From 1853 to 1857 he was in charge of customs in the Port of Philadelphia. From 1861 he lived in Dover, where he worked in agriculture. In the years 1864 and 1865 he was employed as Town Commissioner at the local city administration. In August 1866, Brown attended the National Union Convention in Philadelphia as a delegate . From 1871 to 1878 he was chairman of the board of trustees for the Dover public schools. He died in Dover on September 4, 1883 and was buried in Philadelphia.

Web links

• Charles Brown in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Charles Brown in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Lemuel Paynter	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (1st constituency) March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Edward Joy Morris
John Hull Campbell	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	Henry Dunning Moore