Foster Vincent Brown

Republican Representative of Tennessee's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

December 24, 1852 (84 years old)

Birthday

March 26, 1937

Death

Served as a U.S. Representative for one term
Attended common schools and graduated from Burritt College and Cumberland School of Law
Practiced law starting in 1874
Served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions multiple times
Held the position of attorney general of the fourth judicial district for eight years
Moved his law practice to Chattanooga in 1890
Declined renomination for Congress in 1896
Appointed attorney general of Puerto Rico, serving from 1910 to 1912
Resumed law practice in Chattanooga after leaving the attorney general position until his death
Father of Joseph Edgar Brown
Interred at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee