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43rd Governor of Rhode Island
Daniel Russell Brown
(March 28, 1848 ? February 28, 1919) was an American politician and the 43rd
Governor of Rhode Island
.
Early life
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D. Russell Brown was born in
Bolton, Connecticut
, United States, on March 28, 1848.
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He was son of Arba Harrison Brown and Harriet M. (Dart) Brown.
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He went to public schools and worked his way up to head salesman at a hardware store in
Hartford
, then moved to
Providence, Rhode Island
, where he became partner in a mill supply store.
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He married Isabel Barrows October 14, 1874.
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They had three children, Milton Barrows Brown, Isabel Russell Brown (later Brunschwig), and Hope Caroline Brown (later Chapin). Hope was honeymooning on the British ocean liner
RMS
Carpathia
in April 1912, when this vessel took on the survivors of the
RMS
Titanic
.
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Political career
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Brown was a Presidential Elector for Rhode Island in 1888.
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He was a member of the
Providence City Council
for four years before he ran for governor. He won the first election by popular vote, was then reelected by the General Assembly the next year, when no candidate reached the required majority, and won the popular vote again in his third gubernatorial election. He held the governor's office from May 31, 1892, to May 29, 1895. In his last term, he played a key role in the adoption of a constitutional amendment that permitted election by a plurality rather than a majority vote. He was suggested as vice presidential candidate at the
Republican National Convention
of 1896, having the support of
New England
, but was not selected.
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He was an active member of the
Freemasons
.
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In 1891, he became a member of the Rhode Island Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution
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He died on February 28, 1919, and was buried at
Swan Point Cemetery
in Providence.
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Notes
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Sources
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- Sobel, Robert and John Raimo.
Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978
. Greenwood Press, 1988.
ISBN
0-313-28093-2