Prentiss M. Brown

Prentiss M. Brown, Sr.

Prentiss Marsh Brown, Sr. (born June 18, 1889 in St. Ignace , Michigan , † December 19, 1973 ) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who defended the interests of Michigan both in the US House of Representatives and represented in the US Senate .

biography

After attending St. Ignace High School , he first studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . He then graduated from Albion College in 1911. After his admission to the bar in the State of Michigan ( State Bar of Michigan ) in 1914, he worked as a lawyer for almost twenty years. In addition, he was involved as a Freemason in the Masonic Lodge of St. Ignace.

As a candidate for the Democratic Party, he was elected a member of the US House of Representatives and represented there from March 4, 1933 to November 18, 1936 the interests of the 11th constituency of Michigan.

After the death of Senator James J. Couzens on October 22, 1936, he ran for the Democrats as his successor for the second Senate seat ( Senator Class 2 ) for Michigan and was able to prevail against his Republican opponent Wilber M. Brucker , a former governor of Michigan . He was a member of the US Senate until 1943, after which he briefly headed the US Office of Price Administration .

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