Joseph Edgar Brown

Republican Representative of Tennessee's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

February 11, 1880 (59 years old)

Birthday

June 13, 1939

Death

American politician who served as a U.S. Representative.
Born in Jasper, Tennessee, and educated at Baylor School and Cumberland University.
Admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1904 and began practicing law in Jasper, later moving to Chattanooga.
Elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1923.
Did not seek renomination after his term in Congress.
Served as chairman of the Republican State executive committee from 1922 to 1924.
Participated as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in 1924.
Passed away in Charleston, Tennessee, and is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.