James S. Brown

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James Sproat Brown (February 1, 1824–April 15, 1878) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.

Brown was born in 1824 in Hampden, Maine. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840 and, after being admitted to the bar in 1843, began practicing law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844. Brown was elected prosecuting attorney for Milwaukee County in 1846, and from 1848 to 1850 served as the first attorney general of Wisconsin. In 1861 Brown served as mayor of Milwaukee. From 1863 to 1865, Brown served one term in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district; he ran for reelection in 1864 but was defeated.

After his term in Congress, Brown moved to Europe in 1865 to recuperate his health. He returned to the United States in 1873, where he practiced law once again in Milwaukee. Brown died in 1878 in Chicago, Illinois, at age 54. He was buried at Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery.

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• James S. Brown at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by John F. Potter	United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin 1863-1865	Succeeded by Halbert Eleazer Paine
Preceded by William Pitt Lynde	Mayor of Milwaukee 1861	Succeeded by Horace Chase