Jason Brevoort Brown

Democrat Representative of Indiana's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

February 26, 1839 (59 years old)

Birthday

March 10, 1898

Death

Served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895
Attended common schools and Wilmington Academy, Dearborn County, Indiana
Admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Brownstown, Indiana
Served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1862 to 1866
Served in the Indiana Senate in 1870 and again from 1880 to 1883
Served as Secretary of the Territory of Wyoming from 1873 to 1875
Moved to Seymour, Indiana, in 1875
Served as chairman of the Committee on Elections during the Fifty-third Congress
Was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894
Resumed the practice of law in Seymour, Indiana, after leaving Congress
Died in Seymour, Indiana, in 1898 and was interred in Riverview Cemetery