Life span: 04/15/1821 to 11/30/1894TabsLife SummaryFull name: Joseph Emerson BrownPlace of Birth: Pickens District, SCBurial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateEducation: YaleOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeEducatorPolitical Parties: DemocraticRepublicanGovernment: US SenateGovernorState legislatureState supreme courtState judge Note Cards Joseph Emerson Brown (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBROWN, Joseph Emerson, a Senator from Georgia; born in the Pickens District of South Carolina April 15, 1821; moved to Georgia; attended Calhoun Academy in South Carolina; taught school; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1845 and later graduated from the Yale Law School; returned to Georgia and commenced practice in 1846; member, State senate 1849; judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge circuit in 1855; Governor of Georgia 1855-1865, when he resigned; chief justice of the supreme court of Georgia 1865-1870, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of the Western Atlantic Railroad Co.; appointed and subsequently elected in 1880 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John B. Gordon; reelected in 1885 and served from May 26, 1880, until March 3, 1891; not a candidate for reelection; died in Atlanta, Ga., November 30, 1894; interment in Oakland Cemetery."Brown, Joseph Emerson," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000936. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 02/08/1861 02/08/1861 Georgia seizes New York ships in reprisal for New York police confiscation of arms bound for Savannah Documents Subject Docs Date Title 11/10/1860 Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Disunion Flurry," November 10, 1860 11/20/1860 New York Times, “A Secession Breakwater,” November 20, 1860 12/15/1860 Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Georgia Legislation," December 15, 1860 03/17/1861 New York Herald, “The New York Vessels Seized by the State of Georgia,” March 17, 1861 05/25/1861 Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A New Trouble in Georgia,” May 25, 1861 08/27/1861 Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Union Feeling in North Carolina,” August 27, 1861 Images Joseph Emerson Brown Joseph Emerson Brown, detail Joseph Emerson Brown, circa 1860 Joseph Emerson Brown, circa 1860, detail Joseph Emerson Brown, 1888 Joseph Emerson Brown, 1888, detail Bibliography
Joseph Emerson Brown (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBROWN, Joseph Emerson, a Senator from Georgia; born in the Pickens District of South Carolina April 15, 1821; moved to Georgia; attended Calhoun Academy in South Carolina; taught school; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1845 and later graduated from the Yale Law School; returned to Georgia and commenced practice in 1846; member, State senate 1849; judge of the superior court of the Blue Ridge circuit in 1855; Governor of Georgia 1855-1865, when he resigned; chief justice of the supreme court of Georgia 1865-1870, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of the Western Atlantic Railroad Co.; appointed and subsequently elected in 1880 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John B. Gordon; reelected in 1885 and served from May 26, 1880, until March 3, 1891; not a candidate for reelection; died in Atlanta, Ga., November 30, 1894; interment in Oakland Cemetery."Brown, Joseph Emerson," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000936.
