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Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886

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Personal name headingBrown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886
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Variant(s)Brown, Neill S., 1810-1886
See alsoTennessee. Governor (1847-1849 : Brown)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1810-04-18
Death date1886-01-30
Place of birthGiles County (Tenn.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Field of activityTennessee--Politics and government--To 1865
AffiliationTennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives
American Party
Whig Party (Tenn.)
Profession or occupationGovernors
Legislators
Diplomats
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Found inLibrary of Congress Manuscript Division for the Papers of John Bell, 1815-61 (Neill Smith Brown; b. 1810; d. 1886)
Tennessee blue bk., 2007-2008: p. 493 (Neil Smith Brown, 1847-1849)
Wikipedia August 7, 2023: (Neil S. Brown. Neill Smith Brown (April 18, 1810 - January 30, 1886) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 12th Governor of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849, and as the United States Minister to Russia from 1850 to 1853. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, and was Speaker of the House for the 1855-1857 term. A lifelong Whig, Brown campaigned to keep Tennessee in the Union in the years leading up to the Civil War. However, once the war began, he sided with the Confederacy. Brown was a founding member of Tennessee's Whig Party. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1837, becoming the legislature's youngest member during the 1837-1839 term. Following Brown's defeat in the Tennessee gubernatorial race of 1849, President Zachary Taylor, at the urging of Tennessee Whig Senator John Bell, appointed Brown U.S. Minister to Russia on May 2, 1850. Brown arrived in St. Petersburg in late July 1850, and was presented to Emperor Nicholas I on August 13, 1850. Unaccustomed to the harsh Russian winter, Brown fell ill just a few months after his arrival, and briefly resigned as minister in January 1851, stating that the Russian climate was "unfitting for the abodes of Man." Upon his recovery in March 1851, however, he withdrew his resignation. Upon his return from Russia, Brown resumed his role as a leader of Tennessee's Whigs. After the collapse of the national Whig Party, he aligned himself with the American Party ("Know Nothings"), and in 1855 was once again elected to the state House of Representatives, this time representing Davidson County. He was selected as speaker shortly afterward. Born: April 18, 1810, Giles County, Tennessee ; Died: January 30, 1886 (aged 75), Nashville, Tennessee ; Political party: Whig, American ; Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives: 1855-1857.)
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Tennessee Encyclopedia August 7, 2023: (Brown was one of the founders of the Whig Party, providing leadership throughout the 1830s and 1840s. He served as a presidential elector on the Whig ticket of Hugh Lawson White in the 1836 election. He represented Giles County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1837 to 1839. In 1850 President Zachary Taylor appointed Brown Minister to Russia, a position he held until 1853. Brown returned to the general assembly (1855-57), representing Davidson County and the American, or Know-Nothing, Party, and serving as Speaker of the House.)
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