Ethan Allen Brown

Ethan Allen Brown
United States Senator from Ohio
In office January 3, 1822 – March 4, 1825
Preceded by	William A. Trimble
Succeeded by	William H. Harrison
Personal details
Born	July 4, 1776(1776-07-04) Darien, Connecticut
Died	February 24, 1852(1852-02-24) (aged 75) Indianapolis, Indiana
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Ethan Allen Brown (July 4, 1776 – February 24, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican politician. He served as the seventh Governor of Ohio.

Brown was born in Darien, Connecticut to a Revolutionary War veteran. He moved near Cincinnati, Ohio in 1803. He was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1810 and was re-elected in 1817. Brown was elected to the governorship a year later and was re-elected in 1820. He resigned on January 3, 1822 to take office in the U.S. Senate after the death of William A. Trimble. He was defeated for re-election in 1824 by William Henry Harrison.

Ohio Presidential elector in 1828 for Andrew Jackson.

An active supporter of Andrew Jackson, Brown was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Brazil in 1830 and served for four years. In 1836, he retired to a family farm in Indiana most likely staying at the David Brown House in Ohio County. Brown later served a single term in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1841-1843. Brown died in Marion County, Indiana and is buried in the Cedar Hedge Cemetery located in Rising Sun the county seat of Ohio County, Indiana.

References

• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... 1. State of Ohio. p. 145. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA145. 

External links

• Article on Brown in Ohio History Central Web site of the Ohio Historical Society
• Site with locations of grave markers for political figures

• Ethan Allen Brown at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Worthington	Governor of Ohio 1818 - 1822	Succeeded by Allen Trimble
Preceded by Elijah Hayward	Commissioner of the General Land Office 1835-1836	Succeeded by James Whitcomb
United States Senate
Preceded by William A. Trimble	United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1822–1825 Served alongside: Benjamin Ruggles	Succeeded by William Henry Harrison
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by William Tudor	United States Chargé d'Affaires, Brazil 18 February 1831–11 April 1834	Succeeded by William Hunter