William J. Brown (Indiana)

William John Brown ( born August 15, 1805 in Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, † March 18, 1857 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1851 he represented two times the state of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1808 William Brown moved with his parents in the Clermont County, Ohio, where he worked in New Richmond public schools and Franklin Academy visited. In 1821 he moved to Rushville, Indiana. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1826 admitted to the bar he began working there in this profession. At the same time he suggested was established in 1828 as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1829 and 1832 Brown sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana. He then worked 1832-1835 as a prosecutor. In the years 1836 to 1840 Brown served as Secretary of State, the managing officials of the government of Indiana. Since 1837 he lived in Indianapolis. From 1841 to 1843 he was again a deputy in the State Parliament.

In the congressional elections of 1842, Brown was in the fifth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Andrew Kennedy took on 4 March 1843 the moved to the newly created tenth district. Until March 3, 1845, he was initially able to complete only one term in Congress. This was marked by the discussions leading to the Mexican-American War. Between 1845 and 1849, Brown has held a leading position in the U.S. Post Office Department as a Second Assistant Postmaster General. In the 1848 elections, he was re-elected in the fifth district of Indiana in Congress, where he replaced William W. Wick on 4th March, 1849, which was four years before become his successor. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1850, he was able to spend only one more term in the U.S. House of Representatives until March 3, 1851.

Between 1850 and 1855 Brown served as editor of the newspaper " Indianapolis Sentinel". In his native Indiana he was repeatedly democratic party chairman in those years. Since 1853 William Brown worked as Special Representative of Post Ministry of the states of Indiana and Illinois. This office he held until his death on March 18, 1857 near Indianapolis.