Charles Browne | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Elijah C. Hutchinson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Aubrey Eaton |
| Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly | |
| In office 1937–1939 1941–1942 | |
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| Born | September 28, 1875 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | August 17, 1947 (aged 71) Princeton, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician |
Charles Browne (September 28, 1875 – August 17, 1947) was aDemocratic Party politician who representedNew Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1923–1925.[1]
Browne was born inPhiladelphia on September 28, 1875. He attended private schools in Philadelphia and graduated fromPrinceton University in 1896. He studied medicine, and graduated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1900, and then attended theUniversity of Berlin in 1902 and 1903. He served as overseer of the poor in Princeton from 1912 to 1914, and wasMayor of Princeton from 1914 to 1923.[2][3] Browne served as first lieutenant and captain in theMedical Corps from March 1917 to April 1919 and afterwards resumed the practice of his profession in Princeton.
Browne was elected as a Democrat to theSixty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to theSixty-ninth Congress.
After leaving Congress, he was a member of theNew Jersey Board of Public Utilities from 1925 to 1931. He served in theNew Jersey General Assembly from 1937 to 1939, and again in 1941 and 1942. He was an adviser in the department of politics at Princeton University. Browne died in Princeton on August 17, 1947. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the grounds of his home in Princeton.
Dr. Browne was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1875
The Mayor is Dr. Charles Browne, Princeton '96, was elected to Congress during his term of office.
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