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Garry Brown | |
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| U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Paul H. Todd Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Howard Wolpe |
| Member of theMichigan Senate | |
| In office 1963–1966 | |
| Constituency | 6th district (1963-1964) 21st district (1965-1966) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1923-08-12)August 12, 1923 Schoolcraft, Michigan |
| Died | August 27, 1998(1998-08-27) (aged 75) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Frances E. Wilkins (m. 1955) |
| Children | 4 (Frances, Mollie, Amelia, Abigail) |
| Education | Kalamazoo College (1951) George Washington University Law School (1954) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | 24th Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Garry Eldridge Brown (August 12, 1923 – August 27, 1998) was apolitician from theU.S. state ofMichigan. He served six terms in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979.
Brown was born inSchoolcraft, Michigan on August 12, 1923[1] to a family with a political background in Michigan. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Lakin Brown, and his grandfather, Addison Makepeace Brown, both served in theMichigan State Legislature.[citation needed]
DuringWorld War II, Brown served in theTwenty-fourth Infantry Regiment of theUnited States Army as second lieutenant inJapan.[2] After the war, he worked for theFBI, under Hoover[citation needed], before earning aB.A. fromKalamazoo College in 1951 and aLL.B fromGeorge Washington University Law School in 1954. He was admitted to thebar in 1954 and commenced practice inKalamazoo. He was commissioner of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Michigan from 1957 to 1962 and was a delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1961-1962.[2]
He served two terms in theMichigan State Senate from 1963 to 1966, where he was minority floor leader and chairman of the Republican senate policy committee.[2] He represented the6th district from 1963 to 1964 and the21st district from 1965 to 1966.[3]
In 1966, Brown defeated incumbentDemocratPaul H. Todd, Jr., one of the "Five Fluke Freshmen"[citation needed], to be elected as aRepublican to theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's 3rd congressional district for theNinetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1979.[2]
Brown took the lead in October 1972 in obstructing the efforts of Rep. Wright Patman, D-TX, to have the House Banking and Currency Committee investigate the flow of illegal campaign funds to the Watergate burglars. By July 1973, with the scheme unraveling in the courts and in televised Senate hearings, Brown was admitting he had been wrong to do so.[4]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978, losing to DemocratHoward E. Wolpe.[2]
He resumed the practice of law and was a resident ofWashington, D.C. until his death.[2]
Garry Brown married Frances Wilkins in 1955, together they had four daughters, Frances, Mollie, Amelia, and Abigail.[5] His family owned and operated a dairy farm while he was growing up in Schoolcraft, Michigan. They were one of the first to settle there, and his family still owns the original property that the Browns settled on in the 1830s.[citation needed]
Brown died on August 27, 1998 inWashington, D.C.[5] and was laid to rest in Schoolcraft, Michigan.[2]
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