U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Centre College, in 1921, from the law department of the University of Kentucky, in 1921, admitted to the bar and ran a successful law firm in Lexington, Kentucky. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits, was Lexington city representative, in 1930, Fayette County representative, in 1932 and a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, (1930-32). In 1944, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law. He was again Fayette County representative, in 1946, a member of the Kentucky State Legislature, (1953-54) and a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, (1962-63, 66-67). He died of pneumonia at age 85 and is a member of the University of Kentucky, College of Law's Hall of Fame. Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. was his son.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Centre College, in 1921, from the law department of the University of Kentucky, in 1921, admitted to the bar and ran a successful law firm in Lexington, Kentucky. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits, was Lexington city representative, in 1930, Fayette County representative, in 1932 and a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, (1930-32). In 1944, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law. He was again Fayette County representative, in 1946, a member of the Kentucky State Legislature, (1953-54) and a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, (1962-63, 66-67). He died of pneumonia at age 85 and is a member of the University of Kentucky, College of Law's Hall of Fame. Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. was his son.
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