Thomas H. Brown (July 29, 1917 - August 24, 2002) was a Democratic politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives and as the first mayor of

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, Brown moved to Michigan and served in several elected offices in Nankin Township before the township was incorporated as the City of Westland. He was elected its first mayor. In 1970, Brown was elected to the first of six terms in the House, where he chaired the chamber's Towns and Counties Committee. Brown was member of the

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, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a delegate to the

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. Brown died of cancer on August 24, 2002, aged 85.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Thomas H Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives 1917 births 2002 deaths Mayors of places in Michigan Deaths from cancer in Michigan 20th-century American legislators