Daniel Brown (born December 25, 1945) is a former

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man and former

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of the city of

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...

, where he was the first

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to serve as mayor. Brown was born in Knoxville, where he graduated from Austin High School. He attended

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, where he received B.S. degree in history. Brown is a

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and a retiree of the

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. He was selected by the council to serve as mayor after

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resigned from office in order to pursue his eventually successful campaign for governor, making Brown the first African American mayor of the city. He did not run for a full term as mayor, but remained on the city council. He was succeeded by

Madeline Rogero Madeline Anne Rogero () (born July 26, 1952) is an American politician who served as the 68th mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, elected in 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and the first woman to be elected mayor in any of the Big Fo ...

References

External links

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City Council: Daniel T. Brown - Sixth District
archived 26 October 2012 fro
City of Knoxville website
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