Simon Brown (politician)

Simon Brown (born November 29, 1802 in Newburyport , Massachusetts , †  February 27, 1873 in Concord , Massachusetts) was an American politician . In 1855 and 1856 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Massachusetts.

Career

In his youth, Simon Brown worked on his father's farm. He acquired most of the school knowledge himself. He lived in different cities and also worked in the newspaper industry. He edited various newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire . Between 1837 and 1848 he lived in Washington, DC , where he was employed in the administration of the US House of Representatives in 1837 . Shortly thereafter and until 1848 he worked there as a librarian. From 1848 until his death he lived on a farm in Concord, which he also worked. Politically, he belonged to different parties over the years. He started out as a Democrat , moved to the Know-Nothing Party , then to the Free Soil Partyand eventually ended up with the Republicans . In June 1856 he took part as a delegate at the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , at which John C. Frémont was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the interim he served as Assistant Secretary for the New Hampshire State Government; later he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He was also a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture and the Middlesex Agricultural Society . He was a founding member of the Concord Farmer's Club and the Concord School Board. From 1848 to 1873 he was also a member of the Library Committee there .

In 1855, Brown, then a candidate for the Know-Nothings , was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts alongside Henry Gardner . He held this office between 1855 and 1856. He was Deputy Governor . After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor, he continued his activities in Concord. He died there on February 27, 1873.

Web links

• Simon Brown at The Political Graveyard
• Biography (English)