Jeremiah Brown
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Jeremiah Brown was a Whig
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
. He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
in 1826. He was a delegate to the convention to revise the State constitution in 1836.
Brown was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh
and Twenty-eighth
Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He served as first associate judge for Lancaster
and served from 1851 to 1856. He died in Goshen, Pennsylvania
, in 1858. Interment in the cemetery adjoining Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House in Little Britain Township.
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Biography
Jeremiah Brown was born in Little Britain Township, PennsylvaniaLittle Britain Township, Pennsylvania
Little Britain Township is a township in southeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,514 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Solanco School District.-History:...
. He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
in 1826. He was a delegate to the convention to revise the State constitution in 1836.
Brown was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh
27th United States Congress
The Twenty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843, during the one-month...
and Twenty-eighth
28th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .- Senate :*President: Vacant...
Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He served as first associate judge for Lancaster
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
and served from 1851 to 1856. He died in Goshen, Pennsylvania
Fulton Township, Pennsylvania
Fulton Township is a township in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and it is the only municipality in the county to touch the Maryland border. At the 2000 census the population was 2,826. It is part of the Solanco School District....
, in 1858. Interment in the cemetery adjoining Penn Hill Quaker Meeting House in Little Britain Township.