Titus Brown

Titus Brown

Titus Brown (born February 11, 1786 in Alstead , Cheshire County , New Hampshire , †  January 29, 1849 in Francestown , New Hampshire) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Titus Brown attended Middlebury College in Vermont until 1811 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began practicing his new profession in Reading (Vermont) in 1814 . In 1817 he moved his residence and law firm to Francestown, New Hampshire.

Between 1820 and 1825 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives . He was then from 1823 to 1825 and again from 1829 to 1834 district attorney in Hillsborough County . Politically, he joined the group around President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . This gave rise to the short-lived National Republican Party . In the 1824 congressional election, held nationwide, Brown was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the second New Hampshire seat. There he took over from Arthur Livermore on March 4, 1825 . After being re-elected in 1826, Brown was able to serve two terms in Congress until March 3, 1829 . There he witnessed the violent clashes between his party and the supporters of the future President Andrew Jackson .

In 1828 he declined to run again. Brown was a member of the New Hampshire Senate between 1842 and 1844 and President of the Senate in 1842 . He later became chairman of the Bank and Railroad Commissioners . He held this office until his death on January 29, 1849.

Web links

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

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