Bedford Brown | |
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| United States Senator fromNorth Carolina | |
| In office December 9, 1829 – November 16, 1840 | |
| Preceded by | John Branch |
| Succeeded by | Willie P. Mangum |
| Member of theNorth Carolina Senate | |
| In office 1828–1828 1858–1860 | |
| Member of theNorth Carolina House of Commons | |
| In office 1815–1817 1823 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1795-06-06)June 6, 1795 |
| Died | December 6, 1870(1870-12-06) (aged 75) Caswell County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
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Bedford Brown (June 6, 1795 – December 6, 1870) was aDemocraticUnited States Senator from the State ofNorth Carolina between 1829 and 1840.[1]
Bedford Brown was born on June 6, 1795, in what now is Locust Hill Township,Caswell County, North Carolina. His parents were Jethro Brown and Lucy Williamson Brown. After attending theUniversity of North Carolina for one year, Brown was elected to theNorth Carolina House of Commons.[1]
On July 13, 1816, Brown married Mary Lumpkin Glenn. The couple had seven children: William Livingston, Bedford, Jr., Wilson Glenn, Isabella Virginia, Laura, and Rosalie.[1]
In 1828, upon the death ofBartlett Yancey, Jr., Brown was chosen in a special election to replace Yancey in theNorth Carolina Senate. Like Bartlett Yancey, Jr., before him, Brown was electedSpeaker of the North Carolina Senate.
In 1829, he was elected as aJacksonian (the party that would become the Democratic Party) to succeedJohn Branch as a United States Senator from North Carolina. In the Senate, he chaired several committees, including theAgriculture Committee. Brown resigned his seat in 1840 due to a dispute with the state legislature. He was elected to the state Senate again in 1842, before spending some years out of the state.
Leading up to the Civil War, Brown, a state senator again from 1858 to 1860, counseled in favor of North Carolina's remaining in the Union. However, after President Lincoln requested troops from North Carolina to serve in the Union Army, Brown, along with most of his colleagues, supported secession.
In 1868 Brown, still a Democrat, was again elected to the North Carolina Senate. However, the Reconstruction Republicans controlled the North Carolina Legislature and refused to seat Brown.[further explanation needed] He was replaced by RepublicanJohn W. Stephens.
Brown was buried on the grounds atRose Hill, just outsideYanceyville, North Carolina.[2] Rose Hill was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1973.[3]
Brown was the grandfather of architectGlenn Brown.[4]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from North Carolina 1829–1840 Served alongside:James Iredell, Jr.,Willie P. Mangum,Robert Strange | Succeeded by |
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| Agriculture and Forestry (1884–1977) | ||
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