George Houston Brown

Whig Representative of New Jersey's 4th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

February 12, 1810 (55 years old)

Birthday

August 1, 1865

Death

Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey’s 4th congressional district from 1851 to 1853.
Elected as a Whig Party politician.
Prior to his congressional service, he was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1842 to 1845.
Participated as a delegate in the New Jersey constitutional convention in 1844.
After his term in Congress, he returned to practicing law.
Appointed as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, serving from 1861 until his death in 1865.
Educated at Princeton College and studied law at Yale College and in a law office in New Jersey.
Worked as a teacher at Lawrenceville Academy before pursuing a legal career.