Sam H. Brown was an American farmer and politician from
Oregon.
Career
He was a member of the
Oregon State Senate
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Sena ...
, representing
Marion County, in the early 20th century. He was the son of
Samuel Brown Samuel Brown may refer to:
* Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1776–1852), English pioneer suspension bridge engineer and inventor
* Samuel Brown (engineer) (died 1849), English inventor of early internal combustion engine
* Samuel Brown (Wisco ...
Brown ran for
governor of Oregon in 1934
and 1938.
According to the ''
Eugene Register-Guard
''The Register-Guard'' is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, published in Eugene, Oregon. It was formed in a 1930 merger of two Eugene papers, the ''Eugene Daily Guard'' and the ''Morning Register''. The paper serves the Eugene- ...
'', he was not a conspicuous leader in the legislature.
Personal life
The
Sam Brown House
Sam Brown House (or Samuel Brown House) is a historic house near Gervais, Oregon, United States built in 1857 by Oregon settler, pioneer and state senator Samuel Brown (Oregon politician), Samuel Brown (1821-1886).Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Di ...
in
Gervais Gervais may refer to:
People
* Gervais (name), list of people with the given name or surname
Places
* Gervais, Oregon
* Gervais Lake, a lake in Minnesota
* Gervais Township, Minnesota
* Gervais Road, part of 170 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
...
, Oregon, was named for his father.
[.]
See also
*
List of people from Oregon
*
Politics of Oregon
Like many other U.S. states, the politics of Oregon largely concerns regional issues. Oregon leans Democratic as a state, with both U.S. senators from the Democratic party, as well as four out of Oregon's five U.S. Representatives. The Democratic ...
References
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Year of death missing
Place of death missing
20th-century American legislators
Republican Party Oregon state senators
People from Gervais, Oregon
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