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| Name | Bedford Brown |
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Brown's Store, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 06, 1795
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| Died | December 06, 1870
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Mr. Matt
Jun 06, 2023 11:31am |
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| Info | BROWN, Bedford, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Caswell County, N.C., near Greensboro, June 6, 1795; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1815 but did not practice; planter.
NC House (DR) 1815-1817, 1823
NC Senate (D) 1828-1829
U.S. Senator (D-NC) 12/9/1829-11/16/1840; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Twenty-fifth Congress).
NC Senate 1842
Candidate for US Senate (D-NC) 1842
Moved to Missouri in 1843; subsequently moved to Virginia; returned to North Carolina and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
NC Senate 1858-1860; delegate to the reconstruction convention in 1865; again elected to the State senate in 1868, but was not permitted to take his seat; died at “Rose Hill,” Caswell County, N.C., near Greensboro, December 6, 1870; interment in the family cemetery at ‘Rose Hill.’
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