Albert O. Brown

Albert Oscar Brown ( born July 18, 1853 in Northwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, † March 28, 1937 in Manchester, New Hampshire ) was an American politician and 1921-1923 Governor of the State of New Hampshire.

Early years and political rise

Brown attended until 1878 Dartmouth College and then studied at the Boston University law. After his made ​​in 1884 admitted to the bar, he worked for various law firms in Manchester. In the years 1910 and 1911, he was special adviser to the government of New Hampshire in a trial before the Supreme Court of the State in which it came to the taxation of railroads. Between 1905 and 1912 he was also president of the Amoskeag Savings Bank.

Albert Brown was a member of the Republican Party. From 1911 to 1921 he was Chairman of the Tax Commission of the State of. Between 1918 and 1921 he was also chairman of a committee to revise the constitution. In 1920 he was elected as a candidate of his party for the new governor.

Governor of New Hampshire

Albert Brown took up his new post on January 6, 1921. In his two-year tenure, the budget deficit has been reduced, although at the same time taxes were lowered. Given the ever-increasing volume of traffic, the road network in New Hampshire was further expanded. Governor Brown declined in 1922 from a bid again and therefore different on 4 January 1923 from his office.

Further CV

In 1924, Albert Brown was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, was again nominated on the Calvin Coolidge as a presidential candidate. Brown became chairman of the Bankers Association of New Hampshire and was from 1925 to 1926 member of the General Court (General Court ) of New Hampshire. Since 1911 to 1931 he was also curator of Dartmouth College and a member of several supervisory boards. Governor Brown died in March 1937. He was married to Susie Jane Clarke.