Edwin J. Brown | |
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| 33rdMayor of Seattle | |
| In office June 5, 1922 – June 7, 1926 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh M. Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Bertha Knight Landes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1864 or 1865 Oregon, Illinois |
| Died | (aged 76) Seattle, Washington |
| Political party | Socialist |
| Alma mater | Kansas City School of Law (1899) |
| Occupation | Dentist, lawyer, politician |
Edwin J. Brown (1864–1941) was mayor ofSeattle, elected in May, 1922,[1] and again in 1924.[2] He graduated fromKansas City School of Law in 1899, and worked as a dentist, thus earning the moniker"Doc" Brown.[3] As a politician duringprohibition, Brown personally did not drink alcohol, but supported the public's right to drink.[4]
When Brown left to attend the1924 Democratic National Convention, he appointed city council memberBertha Knight Landes as acting mayor. Landes began her own law and order campaign, firing Police Chief William B. Severyns for corruption and closing down lotteries, punchboards and speakeasies. Upon his return, Brown reinstated the police chief.[5] In 1926, Brown ran for a third term, but lost to Landes.
He died on July 28, 1941, at the age of 76, of a heart attack.[6]
A socialist was elected mayor of Seattle as recently as 1922.
1911:Political Socialist, Seattle, 1911–1912, Edwin J. Brown, socialist
The Socialist Voice was issued ... by the City Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Seattle ... Some of the staff [included] Dr. Edwin J. Brown, dentist and lead journalist ...
Dr. Edwin Brown of Seattle, a dentist and a prominent moderate [socialist]...
Dr. Edwin J. Brown, dentist-lawyer, sometime Socialist...graduated from a dental college, and from the Kansas City School of Law in 1899
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Seattle 1922–1926 | Succeeded by |
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