Simon Brown (Massachusetts politician)
Appearance
Simon Brown | |
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21st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office 1855–1856 | |
Governor | Henry Gardner |
Preceded by | William C. Plunkett |
Succeeded by | Henry W. Benchley |
Personal details | |
Born | Newburyport, Massachusetts | November 29, 1802
Died | February 27, 1873 Concord, Massachusetts | (aged 70)
Political party | Know Nothing |
Residence(s) | Concord, Massachusetts |
Simon Brown (November 29, 1802 – February 27, 1873) was an American politician who served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1855 to 1856.[1][2] He was then an at-large delegate to the 1856 Republican Convention in Philadelphia where he supported the nomination of John C. Fremont. Professionally, Brown was a printer and publisher, including of the New England Farmer, working in Boston.[3] He died at Concord, Massachusetts of typhoid fever, in 1873.[4]
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- ^ [1] "A Bit of Newspaper History," The Granite Monthly 2, (1879): 231.
- ^ Appletons' Journal - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2013-10-14.