Milton Brown (February 28, 1804 – May 15, 1883) was aU.S. Representative fromTennessee.

Brown was born inLebanon, Ohio. After growing up, he moved toNashville, Tennessee. He married Sarah F. Jackson on January 21, 1835, and they had seven children, four boys and three girls.^[1]

Brown studied law and was admitted to the Tennessee bar and began his practice inParis, Tennessee, but later, he moved south toJackson, Tennessee.

In 1835 Brown became a judge of the chancery court of west Tennessee and held this position until he was elected as aWhig to theTwenty-seventh Congress, representing the twelfth district. He served in that capacity from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843.^[2] Reelected to the two succeeding Congresses representing the eleventh district, he served from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1847.^[3]

Brown was one of the founders of two universities: Southwestern Baptist University, which becameUnion University, and ofLambuth College, both inJackson, Tennessee. He also served as president of the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad Co. from 1854 to 1856, and as president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. from 1856 to 1871.^[4]

Brown died inJackson, Tennessee on May 15, 1883 (age 79 years, 76 days). He is interred inRiverside Cemetery in Jackson.^[5]

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