James S. Brown

James Stephen Brown Jr. (July 6, 1858 – January 6, 1946) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, from 1906 to 1910.

Early life

Brown was born in Paris, Tennessee on July 6, 1858.[1] He attended the University of Tennessee before entering the United States Naval Academy in September 1875.[2][3] Brown graduated from the Naval Academy in 1880.[2]

Career

Brown served aboard USS Tennessee and USS Lancaster. He was part of the U.S. delegation at the coronation of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in May 1883.[2]

Brown resigned his commission as an ensign in February 1889 and became a lawyer in Nashville, joining the firm of Champion, Head, and Brown.[2][3][4]

During the Spanish–American War, Brown returned to active duty as a lieutenant junior grade from May to October 1898.[3][5]

Brown is second from left.

Brown served as Mayor of Nashville from 1906 to 1910.[4][6] He subsequently moved to Memphis.[4]

Personal life and death

Brown was married to Madeline Pattie McComb on November 6, 1895.[5] They had three children: James S. Brown, III, Worthington Brown, and Berta Brown Radford.[5] He was Presbyterian.[4]

Brown died on January 6, 1946, at his home in Memphis.[4][6] He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[4]

References

  1. ^ "James Stephen Brown". Certificate of Death. No. 1538. Department of Public Health, State of Tennessee, Division of Vital Statistics. January 7, 1946.
  2. ^ a b c d The University of Tennessee Record. University of Tennessee. 1898. p. 178. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ^ a b c List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900: Comprising a Complete Register of All Present and Former Commissioned, Warranted, and Appointed Officers of the United States Navy, and of the Marine Corps, Regular and Volunteer. Comp. from the Official Records of the Navy Department. L. R. Hamersly & Company. 1901. p. 82. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "J.S. Brown, Ex-Mayor of Nashville, Dies". The Tennessean. January 7, 1946. p. 14. Retrieved June 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  6. ^ a b "Brown, Former Nashville Mayor, Dies". The Jackson Sun. January 7, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved June 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Political offices Preceded byThomas Owen Morris Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1908–1909 Succeeded byHilary Ewing Howse


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