Elias Brown

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Elias Brown (May 9, 1793 – July 3, 1857)^[1] was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

Elias Brown
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	John Barney and Peter Little
Succeeded by	John Tolley Hood Worthington
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office 1834–1835
Member of the Maryland Senate
In office 1836–1838
Personal details
Born	May 9, 1793 Near Baltimore, Maryland
Died	July 3, 1857 Near Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality	American
Political party	Jacksonian (later Whigs)
Occupation	Politician

Born near Baltimore, Maryland, Brown attended the common schools. He served as presidential elector on the ticket of James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins in 1820 and on the ticket of John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush in 1828.

Brown was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, where he served from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1831. He also served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1834 and 1835, and as member of the Maryland Senate from 1836 to 1838. In 1836, he served as presidential elector on the ticket of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, and served as delegate to the State constitutional convention the same year. He died near Baltimore, Maryland, and is interred in a private cemetery near Eldersburg, Maryland.

References

1. History of Western Maryland

• United States Congress. "Elias Brown (id: B000912)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Barney and Peter Little	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th congressional district 1829–1831	Succeeded by John Tolley Hood Worthington

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