Foster Vincent Brown was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Tennessee

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, father of Joseph Edgar Brown

Joseph Edgar Brown

Joseph Edgar Brown was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee, son of Foster Vincent Brown.-Biography:Born in Jasper, Tennessee, Brown attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, and graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1902 where he studied law at Cumberland School of Law.He was...

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Biography

Born near Sparta, Tennessee

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, Brown attended the common schools.
He was graduated from Burritt College, Spencer, Tennessee

Spencer, Tennessee

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, in 1871 and from the law department of Cumberland University

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, Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon, Tennessee

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, in 1873.
He was admitted to the bar

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 and commenced practice in Jasper, Tennessee

Jasper, Tennessee

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, in 1874.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention

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s in 1884, 1896, 1900, and 1916, and as attorney general of the fourth judicial district from 1886 to 1894.
He moved to Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 in May 1890 and continued the practice of law.

Brown was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897), representing Tennessee's 3rd congressional district

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He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896.

After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law until he was appointed attorney general of Puerto Rico

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on May 10, 1910. He served in that position until April 20, 1912, when he resigned.
He resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga until his death there on March 26, 1937.
He was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery.

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