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1937-05-01 |
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| Name | Fred H. Brown |
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Somersworth, New Hampshire , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 12, 1879
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| Died | February 03, 1955
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Oct 30, 2023 02:03am |
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Freemason -
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| Info | Fred H. Brown (1879-1955)
Born Ossipee; Somersworth lawyer. In public service from 1908. Governor 1923/5.
Brown was educated at Dow Academy (Franconia), and attended Dartmouth College for two years (1899-1900). He played professional baseball briefly (for the Boston Braves in the National League), then read law with James Edgerly of Somersworth. Brown attended Boston University School of Law (1904/06), and was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in the same year. He practiced in Somersworth with Edgerly until Edgerly's death in 1908. He then continued practice as a single lawyer in Somersworth.
Brown was a Democrat, and a Mason. He served as Somersworth's City Solicitor (1908/14) and Mayor (1914/18). He also served as U.S. District Attorney (1914/22). In 1922 the Democrats persuaded Brown to enter the Democratic primary; he won, and won the election, the latter with the largest plurality given any Democrat since the election of Isaac Hill in 1837.
Governor Brown urged economy in state expenditures, and during his term the state debt was liquidated - a substantial achievement in the face of rising state costs because of the post-World War I business downturn. He also pushed for a forty-eight hour work week and for abolition of the poll tax on women - "Progressive" ideas which the Republican legislature rejected.
Brown returned to law practice in Somersworth after one term as governor, but served as New Hampshire's Public Service Commissioner (1925/32). In 1932 he won election to the United States Senate, benefiting from the landslide election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt to his first term as a president. Brown hoped for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 1938, but he failed. President Roosevelt appointed Brown Comptroller General of the United States (1938), and Brown served as a member of the United States Tariff Commission (1940/1). Brown then retired from all public activities and returned to Somersworth. He died in February 1955.
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