James W. Brown II | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's32nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Andrew J. Barchfeld |
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| Born | (1844-07-14)July 14, 1844 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 23, 1909(1909-10-23) (aged 65) |
| Party | Republican |
James W. Brown II (July 14, 1844 – October 23, 1909) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania. He was born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked in theiron andsteel industry and served as vice president of theCrucible Steel Company. He was also engaged in banking, and was trustee of theDollar Savings Bank.
James W. Brown II was a member of theSouth Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, whose earthen dam failed in May 1889, causing theJohnstown Flood. At the time of the Johnstown Flood, Brown was the secretary and treasurer of the Hussey, Howe and Company Steel Works Ltd. Soon after the disaster, Brown and several others of the Pittsburgh upper class bought summer vacation properties on Lake Muskoka, in Ontario, Canada, centered near the town of Beaumaris.
Brown was married to Clara Palmer Howe, the eighth child of U.S. RepresentativeThomas Marshall Howe and Mary Ann Palmer. James W. Brown II was the great-great-grandson of Fur Trader and Indian Agent/Interpreter Thomas McKee, who served under General Forbes at Fort Pitt circa 1758. He was a descendant of James McKee, whose mother, Margaret Tecumsepah Opessa was an older sister to Metheotashe Mary Opessa, the mother ofTecumseh, the great Shawnee leader andTenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet. James W. Brown II was also brother-in-law to Pittsburgh Mayor and American ambassador to Japan,George W. Guthrie.
Brown was elected as an Independent Republican to theFifty-eighth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He resumed his former business pursuits and served as president of theColonial Steel Company. Brown was a freemason and served asgrand master of theGrand Lodge of Pennsylvania from 1904 to 1905.[1] He died atPointe Mouillee,Michigan. Interment inAllegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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| Preceded by District created | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1903–1905 | Succeeded by |
