Elias Brown
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1829  March 3, 1831
Preceded byJohn Barney and Peter Little
Succeeded byJohn Tolley Hood Worthington
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1834–1835
Member of the Maryland Senate
In office
1836–1838
Personal details
BornMay 9, 1793
Near Baltimore, Maryland
DiedJuly 3, 1857
Near Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Political partyJacksonian (later Whigs)
OccupationPolitician

Elias Brown (May 9, 1793 – July 3, 1857)[1] was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

Born near Baltimore, Maryland, Brown attended the common schools. He served as presidential elector on the ticket of James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins in 1820 and on the ticket of John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush in 1828.

Brown was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, where he served from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1831. He also served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1834 and 1835, and as member of the Maryland Senate from 1836 to 1838. In 1836, he served as presidential elector on the ticket of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, and served as delegate to the State constitutional convention the same year. He died near Baltimore, Maryland, and is interred in a private cemetery near Eldersburg, Maryland.

References

  • United States Congress. "Elias Brown (id: B000912)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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