James S. Brown

James S. Brown

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Preceded by	John F. Potter
Succeeded by	Halbert Eleazer Paine
Mayor of Milwaukee
In office 1861–1862
Preceded by	William Pitt Lynde
Succeeded by	Horace Chase
Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office June 7, 1848 – January 7, 1850
Preceded by	new office
Succeeded by	S. Park Coon
Personal details
Born	February 1, 1824 Hampden. Maine
Died	April 15, 1878(1878-04-15) (aged 54) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Democratic

James Sproat Brown (February 1, 1824 – April 15, 1878) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.

Brown was born in 1824 in Hampden, Maine. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840 and, after being admitted to the bar in 1843, began practicing law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844. Brown was elected prosecuting attorney for Milwaukee County in 1846, and from 1848 to 1850 served as the first attorney general of Wisconsin. In 1861 Brown served as mayor of Milwaukee. From 1863 to 1865, Brown served one term in the United States House of Representatives during the 38th Congress representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. He ran for reelection in 1864 but was defeated.

After his term in Congress, Brown moved to Europe in 1865 to recuperate his health. He returned to the United States in 1873, where he practiced law once again in Milwaukee. Brown died in 1878 in Chicago, Illinois, at age 54. He was buried at Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery.

References

United States Congress. "James S. Brown (id: B000922)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Mayors of the City of Milwaukee

Juneau Wells Kilbourn Upham Walker Crocker Walker Kilbourn Cross Prentiss Page Lynde Brown Chase O'Neill Kirby Tallmadge O'Neill Phillips Ludington Hooker Ludington Butler Black Brown Stowell Wallber Brown Peck Somers Hase Koch Rauschenberger Rose Seidel Bading Hoan C. Zeidler Bohn F. Zeidler Maier Norquist Pratt Barrett

Legal offices
Preceded by new office	Attorney General of Wisconsin 1848–1850	Succeeded by S. Park Coon
Political offices
Preceded by William Pitt Lynde	Mayor of Milwaukee 1861	Succeeded by Horace Chase
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John F. Potter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Succeeded by Halbert Eleazer Paine

Attorneys General of Wisconsin

Territory	Baird Wells Jackson Lynde H. Smith

State	Brown Coon E. Estabrook G. Smith W. R. Smith Bouck Howe W. Smith Gill Barlow Sloan Wilson Frisby C. Estabrook O'Connor Mylrea Hicks Sturdevant Gilbert Bancroft Owen Haven Blaine Morgan Ekern Reynolds Sr. Finnegan Loomis Martin Broadfoot Fairchild Thomson Honeck Reynolds Jr. Thompson La Follette Warren Miller La Follette Hanaway Doyle Lautenschlager Van Hollen Schimel

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 18874310 LCCN: n92038046 US Congress: B000922

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