John Brewer Brown (May 13, 1836 – May 16, 1898) was an American member of the

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, elected by

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. Born in

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, Brown attended Centreville Academy and

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

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, where he studied

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced in Centreville. He became a member of the

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in 1870 and served in the

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from 1888 to 1892. Elected as a

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to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Henry Page Henry Page (June 28, 1841 – January 7, 1913) was an American politician. Biography Page was born in Princess Anne, Maryland, and received preparatory instruction at the school of Anthony Bolivar in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended t ...

, Brown served from November 8, 1892, to March 3, 1893. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892 and resumed the practice of law. Brown died in Centreville and was interred in Chesterfield Cemetery.

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