Elon Rouse Brown (October 7, 1857, Orleans,

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– September 24, 1922, Fox Island, Cape Vincent,

) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1915 to 1918.

Life

He was the son of Elon Galusha Brown and Lucretia (Rouse) Brown. He graduated from

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in 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced in

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. On November 25, 1882, he married Ettella B. Greene, and they had three children. He was a delegate to the

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of 1894. He was a member of the

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(35th D.) from 1898 to 1904, sitting in the 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th and

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s. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1913 to 1918, sitting in the 136th, 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th and

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s; and was Minority Leader from 1913 to 1914, and President pro tempore from 1915 to 1918. He was a delegate to the

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and

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s. His wife was a member of the New York State Commission for the

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in 1915; and acted as one of the official hostesses at the New York Pavilion during the exposition.

Sources

''ELON R. BROWN DIES AT SUMMER CAMP''
in NYT on September 25, 1922
''State of New York at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915''
(Albany, 1916; pg. 24) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Elon R 1857 births 1922 deaths Majority leaders of the New York State Senate Republican Party New York (state) state senators Brown University alumni Politicians from Watertown, New York People from Jefferson County, New York