George W. Brown (''ca.'' 1819 - ?) was an American farmer from Brookfield Center,

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who served a single one-year term as a Democratic member of the

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in 1862 (the

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). In January 1862, he was 42 years old, a native of

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, and had been in Wisconsin for 16 years. He was elected to represent the new 1st Waukesha County Assembly district (the

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of Brookfield,

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, Menomonee, and Pewaukee) as a

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. (The Assembly had been redistricted, and the new district combined parts of the old 2nd and 4th districts, represented by William H. Thomas (a Democrat) and Myron Gilbert (a Republican) respectively.) He was assigned to the standing committee on internal improvements. He was succeeded in the 1863 session by Silas Richardson, a fellow Democrat.Dean, John S.; Stewart, Frank M., ed. ''The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, the rules, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference'' Second Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Rublee, State Printers, 1863; p. 130
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