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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaPaul BROWN
(1880-1961)
BROWN, Paul, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Hartwell, Hart County, Ga.,
March 31, 1880; attended the public schools; was graduated in 1901
from the Lumpkin Law School, University of Georgia, at Athens; was
admitted to the bar the same year and practiced law in Lexington,
Ga., until 1920; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; mayor of
Lexington, Ga., 1908-1914; member of the State house of
representatives in 1907 and 1908; moved to Elberton, Ga., in 1920;
county attorney of Elbert County 1928-1933; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1932; elected as a Democrat to
the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Charles H. Brand; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the
twelve succeeding Congresses and served from July 5, 1933, to
January 3, 1961; chairman, Joint Committee on Defense Production
(Eighty-fourth and Eighty-sixth Congresses); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1960; died in Elberton, Ga., September 24,
1961; interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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