Jason Brevoort Brown (February 26, 1839 – March 10, 1898) was a 19th Century American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895.

Biography

Born in Dillsboro, Indiana, Brown attended the common schools and Wilmington Academy, Dearborn County, Indiana. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He subsequently commenced a legal practice in Brownstown, Indiana.

Early political career

He served as a member of the state house of representatives from 1862 to 1866, and as member of the state senate in 1870.

Brown served as Secretary of the Territory of Wyoming from 1873 to 1875. He moved to Seymour, Indiana in 1875 and later became a member of the state senate there, serving from 1880 to 1883.

Congress

Brown was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Fifty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in Seymour, Indiana, and died there March 10, 1898. He was interred in Riverview Cemetery.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 3rd congressional district

1889–1895
Succeeded by
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