Seth W. Brown (January 4, 1841 – February 24, 1923) was a

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. He was born near Waynesville, Ohio and attended the public schools. During the

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, Brown served in Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he engaged in the newspaper business, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1873, commencing practice in Waynesville, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney for Warren County from 1880 to 1883. He resumed practicing law in Lebanon, Ohio, before serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1883 to 1887. Brown was a

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in 1888 for the Republican presidential and vice-presidential ticket of Harrison/

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. Taylor 1899 : vol. 2, 106 Brown was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1901). He unsuccessfully ran for renomination in 1900. After his retirement, Brown resumed his law practice in Lebanon and Cincinnati, Ohio. Until his death, Brown was a writer on political and governmental subjects. Brown died in Lebanon, Ohio, February 24, 1923, and was interred in Miami Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Seth W. 1841 births 1923 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio People from Waynesville, Ohio County district attorneys in Ohio People of Ohio in the American Civil War Ohio lawyers Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 1888 United States presidential electors 19th-century American lawyers