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Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852

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Personal name headingBrown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852
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Variant(s)Brown, E. A. (Ethan Allen), 1776-1852
See alsoOhio. Governor (1818-1822 : Brown)
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Birth date1776-07-04
Death date1852-02-24
Place of birthDarien (Conn.)
Place of deathIndianapolis (Ind.)
AffiliationOhio. Supreme Court
United States. Congress. Senate
Ohio. Board of Canal Commissioners
United States. General Land Office
Indiana. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828)
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers Governors
Found inOhio. General Assembly. Letter from Ethan A. Brown, governor of the state of Ohio, transmitting a report of the joint committee of both houses of the General Assembly ... 1821.
DAB (Brown, Ethan Allen; b. 7/4/1766; d. 2/24/1852)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Brown, Ethan Allen; senator from Ohio; lawyer; assoc. judge, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1810-18; Ohio governor, 1818-22; canal commissioner, Ohio, 1825-30; charge ́d'affaires to Brazil, 1830-34; commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington, 1835-36; member, Indiana House; b. Darien, Conn. 7/2/1776; d. 2/24/1852)
Biog. dir. of the Ind. Gen. Assem. (Brown, Ethan Allen; b. 7/4/1776; d. 2/24/1852)
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852; variant: E.A. Brown; note: birth date of 1766 given in some sources believed to be erroneous)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, September 7, 2018 (Brown, Ethan Allen, a Senator from Ohio; born in Darien, Conn., July 4, 1776; pursued academic studies; studied law under Alexander Hamilton; admiitted to the bar in 1802; moved to Cincinnati in 1804, where he began the practice of law; associate judge of the supreme court of Ohio 1810-1818; Governor of Ohio 1818-1822; resigned on being elected as a Democratic Republican (later Adams-Clay Republican) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Trimble, and served from January 3, 1822, to March 3, 1825; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1825; canal commissioner of Ohio 1825-1830; Charge d'Affaires to Brazil 1830-1834; commissioner of the General Land Office in Washington 1835-1836; moved to Rising Sun, Ohio County, Ind., 1836; member, Indiana house of representatives 1842; died in Indianapolis, Ind., February 24, 1852; interment in Cedar Hedge Cemetery, Rising Sun, Ind.)