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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeMilton BROWN
(1804-1883)
BROWN, Milton, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Lebanon, Ohio, February 28,
1804; moved to Nashville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in Paris, Tenn.; later moved to Jackson,
Tenn.; became judge of the chancery court of west Tennessee in 1835
and held this position until elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-seventh Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1841-March 3, 1847); resumed the practice of law; one of
the founders of Southwestern University (later Union University)
and of Lambuth College, both in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn.;
president of the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad Co.,
1854-1856; president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co.,
1856-1871; died in Jackson, Tenn., on May 15, 1883; interment in
Riverside Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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