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Ernest S. Brown | |
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 Brown in 1954 | |
| United States Senator fromNevada | |
| In office October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954 | |
| Appointed by | Charles H. Russell |
| Preceded by | Pat McCarran |
| Succeeded by | Alan Bible |
| District Attorney ofWashoe County, Nevada | |
| In office January 1935 – February 1942 | |
| Preceded by | Melvin E. Jepson |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Busey |
| Member of theNevada State Assembly | |
| In office 1933–1935 Serving with Harry Dunseath, Fred D. Black, W. Holmes Goodwin, J. H. Cahill, C. P. Johnson | |
| Preceded by | Fred D. Black, Harry Dunseath, August Frohlich, Guy Walts, Fred Small, E. J. Kleppe |
| Succeeded by | Curry Jameson, Fred Phillips, W. Holmes Goodwin, O. M. Renfro, Jack Horgan, James Clark |
| Constituency | Reno district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1903-09-25)September 25, 1903 Alturas,California, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 1965(1965-07-23) (aged 61) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Nevada at Reno |
| Profession | Attorney |
Ernest Spargur Brown (September 25, 1903 – July 23, 1965) was Washoe County District Attorney, a US Army Colonel in World War II, and was appointed aUnited States senator fromNevada in 1954.
Born inAlturas, California, Brown moved with his family toReno, Nevada, in 1906, where he later attended the public schools. He graduated from theUniversity of Nevada at Reno in 1927 with theBachelor of Arts degree he had completed in 1926. Brownstudied law at night while still in college, gainedadmission to the bar in 1927, then commenced a legal practice in Reno. He served in the Nevada State Assembly in 1933. From 1935 to February 1942, Brown was thedistrict attorney ofWashoe County. A longtime member of the military reserves, he resigned from office in 1942 to enter active service in theUnited States Army as amajor. He advanced through the ranks tocolonel during the war, and he was discharged in 1945. Brown returned to his Reno home to resume the practice of law.
On October 1, 1954, Nevada GovernorCharles H. Russell, appointed Brown to the U.S. Senate as aRepublican to fill the vacancy caused by the death of veteran SenatorPat McCarran. Democrat Alan Bible defeated him in a special election to keep his Senate seat in November 1954. Brown resigned his seat early to allow Bible to gain seniority and assume the seat on December 1, 1954, and Brown once again resumed the practice of law in Reno, Nevada.
Brown died in Reno in 1965, and was interred in theMasonic section of Mountain View Cemetery.
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| Preceded by George E. Marshall | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromNevada (Class 3) 1954 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Nevada 1954 Served alongside:George W. Malone | Succeeded by |
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| Class 3 | ||
