Edward E. Browne

Edward Everts Browne ( born February 16, 1868 in Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, † November 23, 1945 in Evanston, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1931 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Browne attended the public schools of his home including the Waupaca High School. Then he studied until 1890 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and its made ​​in 1892 admitted to the bar he began in Waupaca to work in his new profession. Between 1898 and 1905 he was district attorney in Waupaca County. Politically, Browne member of the Republican Party. In the years 1902, 1904 and 1906, he participated in their regional party conferences in Wisconsin as a delegate. 1905 and 1906 he was a board member of the University of Wisconsin; 1907 to 1912 he was a member of the Senate of Wisconsin.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Browne was in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James H. Davidson on March 4, 1913. After eight re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1931 for nine consecutive terms of office. In this time were, among others, the First World War and the adoption of the 16th, 17th, 18th and the 19th Amendment. His last term in Congress was marked by the events of the Great Depression.

Prior to the elections of 1930, Edward Browne was not nominated by his party for another term. As a result, he again worked as a lawyer. Between 1936 and 1941 Browne was a member of the Environment Committee ( Conservation Commission ), the state government of Wisconsin. He died on November 23, 1945 in Evanston, and was buried in Waupaca.

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