Biography

12/15/1844 - 01/12/1900

First Lieutenant Henry Riehle Brown (R12) Montgomery County 1886-1890

Early Life: 

Henry Riehle Brown, born, December 15, 1844, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; first lieutenant, Company D, 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862; lawyer, Philadelphia bar, 1866-1871; engaged, mercantile business; special bank examiner, office, comptroller of the currency, State of California,1874-1876; Washington, D.C., 1876; receiver, National Bank, Wichita, Kansas, 1876-1877; attorney, Montgomery bar, Norristown, 1877-1900; notary public 1877-1881, resigned; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Special Election , February 15, 1881; Sworn-In, February 18, 1881, served, remaining 1881 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection 1882; secretary, treasurer, Montgomery County Republican Committee; solicitor, Montgomery County Commissioners, 1882-1885; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1886-1890; died, January 12, 1900, nervous prostate, result of bicycle fall, 18 months prior, University Hospital, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  

Early Career:

First Lieutenant, Company D, 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862; engaged, mercantile business; special bank examiner, office of the comptroller of the currency, State of California, 1874-1876; Washington, D.C., 1876; receiver, National Bank, Wichita, Kansas, 1876-1877; lawyer, Montgomery bar 1877-1900; notary public 1877-1881, resigned.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Special Election, February 15, 1881; Sworn-In, February 18, 1881, served, remaining 1881 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection 1882.

Secretary, treasurer, Montgomery County Republican Committee, solicitor, Montgomery County Commissioners 1882-1885.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Montgomery County 1886-1890, committee assignments, Centennial Affairs, Constitutional Reform, Canals and Inland Navigation, and Vice and Morality.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Warm friend, Senator George Wallace Delamater  

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1888). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 670, 676-678, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 641.

Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Saturday January 13, 1900, Page 4.

Henry Riehle Brown  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)