Frank Brown (August 8, 1846 – February 3, 1920), a member of the

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, was the

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in the

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from 1892 to 1896. Born in 1846 in

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, he also served as a member of the

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from 1876 to 1878. He died in 1920 in

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. Brown was employed early on by the R. Sinclair & Co. Later he worked as a clerk in the State tobacco warehouse from 1870 to 1875. In 1880, he became the President of the Maryland State Agricultural & Mechanical Society. From 1886 to 1890 Brown was assigned to be the Postmaster of Baltimore. For the

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of 1893 Brown was the President of Board of Managers in Maryland. Later in life he served as the President of the Baltimore Traction Company. His political positions included becoming Campaign Treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1885 In 1892, Brown was elected to his highest position as Governor of Maryland, serving four years. Brown later was Campaign manager for Thomas G. Hayes and J. Barry Mahool's run for

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in 1899 and 1906. His last position was the City Collector for Baltimore. Brown is buried at the

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.National Governors Association, Governor's Information, Maryland Governor Frank Brown

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