Daniel Brown
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Who is Daniel Brown?
Daniel Brown is a city councilman and former acting mayor of the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was the first African American to serve as mayor.
Brown was born in Knoxville, where he graduated from Austin High School. He attended Tennessee State University, where he received B.S. degree in History. Brown is a Vietnam War veteran and a retiree of the U.S. Postal Service.
He was selected by the council to serve as mayor after Bill Haslam resigned from office in order to pursue his eventually successful campaign for governor, making Brown the first African American mayor of the city. He did not run for a full term as mayor, but remains on the city council. He was succeeded by Madeline Rogero.
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