| LC control no. | n 85274588 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Brown, Joe, 1821-1894 Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894 |
| See also | Georgia. Governor (1857-1865 : Brown) |
| Birth date | 1821-04-15 |
| Death date | 1894-11-30 |
| Place of birth | Pickens (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | Georgia. General Assembly. Senate Georgia. Supreme Court Western and Atlantic Railroad Company United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges Governors |
| Found in | Bragg, W.H. Joe Brown's Army, c1987: CIP t.p. (Joe Brown) CIP galley (Governor Joseph E. Brown) LC data base, 12-19-86 (hdg.: Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894; usage: Joseph E. Brown) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Nov. 16, 2018 (Brown, Joseph Emerson, a Senator from Georgia; born in the Pickens District of South Carolina April 15, 1821; moved to Georgia; attended Calhoun Academy in South Carolina; taught school; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1845 and later graduated from the Yale Law School; returned to Georgia and commenced practice in 1846; member, State senate 1849; judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge circuit in 1855; Governor of Georgia 1855-1865, when he resigned; chief justice of the supreme court of Georgia 1865-1870, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of the Western Atlantic Railroad Co.; appointed and subsequently elected in 1880 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John B. Gordon; reelected in 1885 and served from May 26, 1880, until March 3, 1891; not a candidate for reelection; died in Atlanta, Ga., November 30, 1894; interment in Oakland Cemetery) |
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