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William Ripley Brown

Republican Representative of Kansas's 3rd district

  • Representative

    Kansas, district 3

    December 6, 1875 - March 3, 1877

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

January 1, 1840 (76 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1916

Death

  • American politician who served as a U.S. Representative.
  • Born in Buffalo, New York, to a teacher and a Unitarian minister.
  • Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Union College, graduating in 1862.
  • Moved to Kansas shortly after graduation and began studying law.
  • Admitted to the bar in 1864 and started practicing law in Emporia, Kansas.
  • Served as a judge for the ninth judicial district of Kansas from 1867 to 1877.
  • Elected to the Forty-fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.
  • Did not win renomination in 1876 and returned to legal practice in Hutchinson, Kansas.
  • Held the position of register of the United States land office in Larned, Kansas, from 1883 to 1885.
  • Relocated to El Reno, Oklahoma, in 1892 and served as a probate judge in Canadian County from 1894 to 1898.
  • Passed away in Kansas City, Missouri, and was buried in Lawrence Cemetery, Kansas.