Henry E. Brown

Henry E. Brown

Henry Edward Brown (born December 20, 1935 in Bishopville , Lee County , South Carolina ) is an American politician . From January 2001 to January 2011 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Brown attended Berkeley High School in Moncks Corner until 1953 . He then began studying at Charleston Southern University , which he did not finish. Instead, he attended the IBM Management and Technical School . He then worked for a grocery chain. From 1953 to 1962, Brown was also a member of the South Carolina National Guard. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1985 and 2000 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . There he was involved in drawing up one of the largest tax cuts in the history of his state. Brown served on the Hanahan Town Council from 1996 to 2000 .

In the 2000 congressional election, Henry Brown was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from Mark Sanford on January 3, 2001 . Before the 2010 elections, he announced that he would no longer run for office. Brown most recently served on three committees: the Mineral Resources Committee, the Transport and Infrastructure Committee, and the Veterans Affairs Committee. He also sat on six sub-committees. On January 3, 2011, he resigned from Congress.

In 2004, he caused a stir when he started a controlled fire on his property, but it got out of control and destroyed parts of the neighboring Francis Marion National Forest . He had to pay a small fine, which by no means covered the damage caused.

Henry Brown is married to Winifred Brown. He lives privately in Hanahan.

Web links

• Henry E. Brown in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)