Neal_Brown_(politician)

Neal Brown (politician)

Neal Brown (politician)

American politician and lawyer

For those of a similar name, see Neil Brown (disambiguation). For the American football coach, see Neal Brown.

Neal Brown (February 24, 1861 – September 18, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, businessman, and writer.

Born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Brown graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Brown practiced law in Wausau, Wisconsin and was involved with the paper, railway, electric, and insurance industries. Brown also was a writer. He wrote: "The Comedy of History," "The Paper Industry and The Tariff," "Critical Confessions," and "Songs by Neal Brown."

Brown was a Democrat. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1891 and then in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1893 to 1897. Brown was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1903.

Brown died in Watkins Glen, New York while undergoing treatment for a heart problem.[1][2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Marathon County, Wisconsin Historical Society-Neal Brown". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  2. [2]
    'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Neal Brown, pg. 666


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