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Paul Brown
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromGeorgia's10th district
In office July 5, 1933 – January 3, 1961
Preceded by	Charles H. Brand
Succeeded by	Robert G. Stephens Jr.
Member of theGeorgia House of RepresentativesfromOglethorpe County
In office 1907–1909
Preceded by	Nathaniel D. Arnold
Succeeded by	J. P. Armistead
Personal details
Born	(1880-03-31)March 31, 1880 Hartwell, Georgia, U.S.
Died	September 24, 1961(1961-09-24) (aged 81) Elberton, Georgia, U.S.
Education	University of Georgia (LLB)
Occupation	Lawyer politician

Paul Brown (March 31, 1880 – September 24, 1961) was an Americanpolitician andlawyer, who served in theUnited States House of Representatives.

Brown was born inHartwell in the U.S. state ofGeorgia, and graduated from theUniversity of Georgia School of Law inAthens with aBachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1901. He was admitted to the state bar in that year and began practicing law inLexington, Georgia. He farmed and also served as theMayor of Lexington from 1908 to 1914. Brown served in theGeorgia House of Representatives in 1907 and 1908.

In 1920, Brown moved toElberton, Georgia inElbert County and served as that county's attorney from 1928 to 1933. In 1932, he was a delegate to the1932Democratic National Convention. The next year Brown successfully ran in a special election to fill the vacant seat inGeorgia's 10th congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives caused by the death of incumbentCharles Hillyer Brand. Brown finished the rest of that term in the73rd United States Congress and was reelected to 13 additional terms in that position.

A staunchsegregationist, in 1956, Brown signed"The Southern Manifesto."

In 1960, he did not seek reelection. Brown died the next year on September 24, 1961, in Elberton and was buried in that city's Elmhurst Cemetery.

• Politics of the United States

• United States Congress."Paul Brown (id: B000940)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, p.1924

• Paul Brown atFind a Grave

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