Foster V. Brown

Foster Vincent Brown (December 24, 1852 – March 26, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee, father of Joseph Edgar Brown.

Biography

Born near Sparta, Tennessee, Brown attended the common schools. He was graduated from Burritt College, Spencer, Tennessee, in 1871 and from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1873. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jasper, Tennessee, in 1874. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884, 1896, 1900, and 1916, and as attorney general of the fourth judicial district from 1886 to 1894. He moved to Chattanooga in May 1890 and continued the practice of law.

Brown was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897), representing Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896.

After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law until he was appointed attorney general of Puerto Rico on May 10, 1910. He served in that position until April 20, 1912, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga until his death there on March 26, 1937. He was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery.

Source

• Foster V. Brown at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress