Robert Brown (politician, 1744)
Robert Brown (born December 25, 1744 in Weaversville , Northampton County , Province of Pennsylvania , † February 26, 1823 there ) was an American politician . Between 1798 and 1815 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Robert Brown grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked as a blacksmith. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution . He took part in the following War of Independence and was a British prisoner of war between November 1776 and December 1777. Between 1783 and 1787 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate . In the late 1790s he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .
In a by-election in the fourth constituency of Pennsylvania, Brown was elected to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he took up his new mandate on December 4, 1798. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1815 . Between 1803 and 1813 he represented the second and from 1813 to 1815 the sixth district of his state. During his tenure as Congressman in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson, the United States was significantly expanded. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. The new federal capital Washington, DC had already been moved into before that in 1800 . Since 1812, the events of the British-American War also determined the work of Congress.
In 1814, Robert Brown declined to run again. He retired from public life and spent his final years on his farm near Weaversville, where he died on February 26, 1823.
Web links
- Robert Brown in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Robert Brown in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Richards |
United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (4th constituency) with John Chapman December 4, 1798 - March 3, 1803 |
David Bard |
| Michael Leib |
United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (2nd constituency) with Frederick Conrad and Isaac Van Horne March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813 |
Roger Davis |
| William Crawford |
United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) with Samuel D. Ingham March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815 |
John Ross |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weaversville , Northampton County , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1823 |
| Place of death | Weaversville , Northampton County , Pennsylvania |