George Brown, Jr.

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George Edward Brown, Jr. (March 6, 1920-July 15, 1999) was a California congressman and member of the Democratic Party. He served as representative from 1963 until 1971 when he lost a US Senate primary to John Tunney. He served again from 1973 until his death in July of 1999.

Brown was born in Holtville, California. After graduating from high school, he entered El Centro College in southwestern California. He earned a two-year business degree before taking a job as an employee of the city of Los Angeles. In 1944, he entered the United States Army, serving in World War II. Once the war ended, he returned to college and studied engineering at UCLA. He worked as an engineer upon graduation, then again went back to work for the the city of Los Angeles as a city manager. In 1954, he was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Monterey Park, California. He did not run for reelction as mayor, but instead successfully won the first of two terms in the California Assembly.

Brown was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1962 and served four terms. He gave up his seat in 1971, after losing a hotly contested Democratic nomination for United States Senate to eventual election winner John Tunney. He ran for his old seat two years later and served until his death in 1999.

Brown spent six years as the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Preceded by Dalip Singh Saund	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th congressional district 1963 – 1971	Succeeded by George E. Danielson
Preceded by Victor V. Veysey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th congressional district 1973 – 1975	Succeeded by Jerry M. Patterson
Preceded by William M. Ketchum	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 36th congressional district 1975 – 1993	Succeeded by Jane Harman
Preceded by Dana Rohrabacher	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 42nd congressional district 1993 – 1999	Succeeded by Joe Baca