John Brewer Brown was an American

United States

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

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, elected by Maryland's 1st congressional district

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Born in Philadelphia, PA, Brown attended Centreville

Centreville, Maryland

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 Academy and Dickinson College

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 in Carlisle, PA, where he studied law

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced in Centreville. He became a member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

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 in 1870 and served in the Maryland State Senate

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 from 1888 to 1892.

Elected as a Democrat

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 to the 52nd United States Congress

52nd United States Congress

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 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Page

Henry Page

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, Brown served from November 8, 1892, to March 3, 1893. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892 and resumed the practice of law. Brown died in Centreville and was interred in Chesterfield Cemetery.