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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KansasWilliam Ripley BROWN
(1840-1916)
BROWN, William Ripley, a
Representative from Kansas; born in Buffalo, N.Y., July 16, 1840;
was prepared for college in Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.,
and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1862;
went immediately to Kansas and settled in Emporia; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kans.; judge of the ninth judicial district of Kansas
1867-1877; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress
(March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1876; resumed the practice of law in Hutchinson,
Kans.; register of the United States land office in Larned, Kans.,
1883-1885; moved to El Reno, Okla., in 1892; probate judge of
Canadian County 1894-1898; died in Kansas City, Mo., March 3, 1916;
interment in Lawrence Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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