Neill S. Brown
Politician
1810 – 1886
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Who was Neill S. Brown?
Neill Smith Brown was an American politician and diplomat who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1847 to 1849, and as the United States Minister to Russia from 1850 to 1853. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, and was Speaker of the House for the 1855-1857 term. A lifelong Whig, Brown campaigned to keep Tennessee in the Union in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1810
Giles County - Also known as
- Neill Brown
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jan 30, 1886
Nashville
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on July 23, 2013
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