Member Biography

Biography

Private James C. Brown (R28) Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties 1867-1868 

Early Life: 

Private James C. Brown, born October 7, 1828, son of James Wilson Brown and Jane King Brown; common schools, education; private, Company C, 55th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1863; printer; writer, Mercer Whig; teacher; proprietor and editor, Jefferson Star; proprietor and editor, Independent Press; elected, superintendent of schools, Mercer County, 1854-1856; married, Mary Anna Bittenbender Brown, 1856, children, Sarah Brown Ramsey, Annetta Brown Tillotson, Robert Wilson Brown; elected,  Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1861-1862; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1863; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1867-1868; appointed, president, assessor, 1871-1873, deputy collector, 1873-1874; collector, Mercer and Crawford Counties, Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury Department, 1874-1883; elected, president, Greenville school board, 1874-1879; proprietor and editor, Advance Argus, 1877-1890; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress, 1890; proprietor and editor, New Wilmington Globe; elected, delegate-at-large, Republican National Convention, 1892; died, February 12, 1892, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interment, Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Private, Company C, 55th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign 1863; newspaper man, printer; writer, Mercer Whig, proprietor and editor, Jefferson Star, proprietor and editor, Independent Press; proprietor and editor, Advance Argus, 1877-1890; proprietor and editor, New Wilmington Globe.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Director, Grove City College.

Pennsylvania Politics:  

Elected, superintendent of schools, Mercer County, 1854-1856. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1861-1862; not a candidate for reelection, 1863.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1863. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th district, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1867-1868; committee assignments, Banks, Corporations, Education, Public Buildings, New Counties and County Seats. 

Elected, president, Greenville school board, 1874-1879. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Appointed, President Ulysses S. Grant assessor, 1871-1873, deputy collector, 1873-1874; collector, Mercer and Crawford Counties, Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury Department, 1874-1883. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Republican, United States Congress, 1890. 

Elected, delegate-at-large, Republican National Convention, 1892. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1868). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 276, 280-282.

James C Brown (1829-1892) - Find a Grave Memorial