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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJoseph Edgar BROWN
(1880-1939)
BROWN, Joseph Edgar, (son
of Foster Vincent Brown), a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Jasper, Marion County, Tenn., February 11, 1880; attended
Baylor’s Preparatory School, Chattanooga, Tenn., and was
graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1902;
studied law; was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1904 and
commenced practice in Jasper, Tenn.; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn.,
in 1907 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1922; served as chairman of the
Republican State executive committee 1922-1924; resumed the
practice of law in Chattanooga, Tenn.; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1924; died in Chattanooga June 13, 1939;
interment in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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