William Gay Brown Junior

William Gay Brown

William Gay Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1856 in Kingwood , Virginia , † March 9, 1916 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1916 he represented the second constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Gay Brown was the son of William Gay Brown Sr. (1800-1865), who sat for both Virginia and West Virginia in the US House of Representatives. The younger Brown was born in Kingwood in 1856, which was then part of the state of Virginia. The city later became part of the state of West Virginia, which was founded in 1863. Brown attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1878 the West Virginia University in Morgantown . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1877, he began working in Preston County in his new profession. He also got into banking.

Brown was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in 1910 as its candidate in the second district of West Virginia. There he took over from Republican George Cookman Sturgiss on March 4, 1911 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 9, 1916 . He was buried in his native Kingwood. During his time in Congress, the 16th and 17th amendments were discussed and passed there. It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators .

Web links

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

• William Gay Brown Jr. in the database of Find a Grave (English)