Charles Brown (Wisconsin politician)
Charles Brown (June 24, 1828 - ?) was an American farmer from Brookfield Center, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Waukesha County during the 1872 term (the 25th Wisconsin Legislature).[1]
Background[]
Brown was born in Bristol, New Hampshire on June 24, 1828. He received a public school education, and became a farmer. He came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled in Waukesha County.
Political office[]
He was elected in 1871 for the 2nd Waukesha County Assembly district (the Towns of Delafield, Brookfield, Lisbon, Menomonee, Merton, Oconomowoc and Pewaukee) as a Republican, with 1342 votes to 1036 votes for Democrat C. M. Smith. He was assigned to the standing committees on state affairs and town and county organization.[2]
Identity[]
This Charles Brown cannot be the same as the who served in the 3rd (1845) session of the 4th Wisconsin Territorial Assembly in 1845, representing an unspecified portion of a House of Representatives district which included the present-day Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties.
References[]
- ^ State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 32.
- ^ Turner, A. J., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference - 1872 Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1872; pp. 385, 459, 463, 469
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