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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles BROWNE
(1875-1947)
BROWNE, Charles, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
September 28, 1875; attended private schools in Philadelphia; was
graduated from Princeton University in 1896; studied medicine, and
was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
in 1900; attended the University of Berlin in 1902 and 1903;
overseer of the poor, Princeton, N.J., 1912-1914; mayor of
Princeton 1914-1923; served as first lieutenant and captain in the
Medical Corps from March 1917 to April 1919; resumed the practice
of his profession in Princeton; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress;
member of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey
1925-1931; served in the New Jersey house of assembly 1937-1939,
and again in 1941 and 1942; adviser in the department of politics
at Princeton University; died in Princeton, August 17, 1947;
remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the grounds of his
home in Princeton.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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