Charles Elwood Brown

Republican Representative of Ohio's 2nd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

July 4, 1834 (69 years old)

Birthday

May 22, 1904

Death

Attended common schools and Greenfield Academy, graduated from Miami University in 1854.
Studied law while working as a tutor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Admitted to the bar in 1859 and began practicing law in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County in 1859 and 1860.
Enlisted as a private in the Sixty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, at the start of the American Civil War in 1861 and was commissioned as a captain later that year.
Lost his left leg in the Atlanta Campaign in 1864.
Promoted to colonel in 1865 and was mustered out of the volunteers the same year.
Appointed brevet brigadier general by President Andrew Johnson in 1866 in recognition of his service.
Resumed law practice post-Civil War and served as postmaster of Chillicothe from 1866 to 1872.
Commissioned pension agent in Cincinnati in 1872, serving until 1877.
Elected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S. Congresses, serving from 1885 to 1889.
Did not seek renomination in 1888 and returned to practicing law.
Served as a member of the State senate in 1900 and 1901.
Died in 1904 and was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.