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  Brown, Bedford
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1830-01-01  
 
NameBedford Brown
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Brown's Store, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
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Born June 06, 1795
DiedDecember 06, 1870 (75 years)
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Last ModifedMr. Matt
Jun 06, 2023 11:31am
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InfoBROWN, 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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W:11230Arthur ( 520.6107 points)
Tue, June 6, 2023 05:28:48 PM UTC0:00
The photograph used here is actually an image of Bedford Brown's son.

The correct photo can be found on the Congressional Biographical Directory website, which is linked in the "info" section of this page.
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  12/05/1865 NC US Senate Lost 11.40% (-36.79%)
  12/04/1865 NC US Senate Lost 0.65% (-88.96%)
  11/09/1865 NC District 05 Won 50.56% (+1.13%)
  11/04/1863 NC CSA District 06 Lost 27.14% (-45.73%)
  01/31/1861 NC US Senate Lost 10.88% (-46.94%)
  12/20/1842 NC US Senate Lost 0.00% (-57.23%)
  08/04/1842 NC State Senate 35 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/25/1840 NC US Senate Lost 39.63% (-20.73%)
  11/25/1840 NC US Senate - Special Election Lost 39.63% (-20.73%)
  11/20/1834 NC US Senate Won 58.25% (+27.32%)
  12/08/1829 NC US Senate - Special Election Won 22.89% (+2.17%)
  11/16/1829 NC State Senate Speaker Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/13/1829 NC Senate - Caswell County Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/01/1828 NC St Senate - Caswell County - Special Election Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/09/1827 NC District 09 Lost 35.42% (-29.15%)
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US Vice President - Senate Runoff - Feb 08, 1837 D Richard Mentor Johnson