Joseph Edgar Brown

Joseph Edgar Brown

Joseph Edgar Brown (born February 11, 1880 in Jasper , Marion County , Tennessee , †  June 13, 1939 in Chattanooga , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Brown was the son of Foster V. Brown , who also sat for the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives. He first attended Baylor's Preparatory School in Chattanooga and then studied until 1902 at Cumberland University in Lebanon . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1904, he began to work in his new profession in Jasper. In 1907 he moved his residence and law firm to Chattanooga.

Politically, Brown was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded John A. Moon on March 4, 1921 . Since he refused to run again in 1922, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1923 . Between 1922 and 1924 Brown was chairman of his party in Tennessee. In 1924 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , where President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for re-election. Otherwise, Joseph Brown worked again as a lawyer in Chattanooga. He died there on June 13, 1939.

Web links

• Joseph Edgar Brown in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Edgar Brown in the database of Find a Grave (English)