CS Con Brown, Albert Gallatin - C.S. Senator, MS

Albert Gallatin Brown

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Born: May 31, 1813

Birthplace: Chester, South Carolina

Father: Joseph Brown 1778 – 1844
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi)

Mother: Elizabeth Rice 1787 – 1855
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Smyrna, Mississippi)

1st​ Wife: Elizabeth Francis Thornton Taliaferro 1817 – 1836
(Buried: Springhill Plantation Cemetery, Hazelhurst, Mississippi)

2nd​ Wife: Roberta Eugenia Young 1817 – 1886
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)

Children:

Colonel Robert Young Brown 1841 – 1866​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:
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Attended Mississippi College​
Attended Jefferson College​

Occupation before War:
1833 – 1839: Attorney in Gallatin, Mississippi​
1835 – 1839: Mississippi State Representative​
1839 – 1841: United States Congressman from Mississippi​
1839 – 1841: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee​
1840: Declined to run for re-nomination to U.S. Congress.​
1842 – 1843: Judge of Superior Court in Mississippi​
1844 – 1848: Governor of Mississippi​
1847 – 1853: United States Congressman from Mississippi​
1847 – 1849: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1849 – 1851: Ranking Member of House District of Columbia Committee​
1854 – 1861: United States Senator from Mississippi​
1854 – 1859: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​
1855 – 1861: Chairman of Senate District of Columbia Committee​
1859 – 1861: Chairman of Senate Enrolled Bills Committee​
1861: Withdrew from United States Senate on March 14th​

Civil War Career:

1861: Recruited a company of the 18th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1861: Captain in 18th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Mississippi​
1862 – 1865: Chairman of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Inauguration Committee​
Believed the Confederacy possessed almost unlimited war powers​
1863: Introduced series of resolutions calling for total commitment to victory.​
He supported his country first and then settle constitutional constructions.​
Introduced bill restricting cotton production​
Believer of drafting all men capable of bearing arms.​
Believer of establishing a volunteer navy for privateering​
Supporter of drafting and emancipating 200,000 slaves.​

Occupation after War:

Advised Mississippi “to meet congress on its own platform and shake hands”​
1865 – 1880: Farmer near Hinds County, Mississippi​

Died: June 12, 1880

Place of Death: Terry, Mississippi

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi


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During his lifetime Brown was one of the most popular and influential men in Mississippi.Three terms in the state legislature, four in the Congress, one on the district bench. Twice elected U.S. States Senator, twice Governor and one as senator in the Confederate Congress. It has been stated that "the political career of Albert Gallatin Brown provides one of the most amazing chapters in Mississippi history." He is also considered to be the father of the public school system and of the University of Mississippi.
 
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