Seth W. Brown

Seth W. Brown
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901
Preceded by	George W. Hulick
Succeeded by	Charles Q. Hildebrant
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Warren County district
In office January 7, 1884 – January 1, 1888
Preceded by	James Scott
Succeeded by	William T. Whitacre
Personal details
Born	(1841-01-04)January 4, 1841 Waynesville, Ohio
Died	February 24, 1923(1923-02-24) (aged 82) Lebanon, Ohio
Resting place	Miami Cemetery
Political party	Republican

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Seth W. Brown (January 4, 1841 – February 24, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

He was born near Waynesville, Ohio and attended the public schools. During the Civil War, 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 presidential elector in 1888 for the Republican presidential and vice-presidential ticket of Harrison/Morton.^[1]

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.

References

Sources

• United States Congress. "Seth W. Brown (id: B000943)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 2. State of Ohio. p. 106.

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