| Birth: | Feb. 1, 1900 | | Death: | Jun. 16, 1985 | 
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Kentucky as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1935. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1930 to 1932, 1946, 1954, and 1962, being defeated in the Democratic primary in 1973, Candidate for United States Senator from Kentucky in 1936, 1942, 1946, 1948, and 1966 as Democratic, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Kentucky in 1936, and 1948, and Candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1939. (bio by: K)
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Children:
Dorothy Ann Brown Sims (1930 - 2004)*
Diana Leigh Brown Johanson (1939 - 2007)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for John Young Brown | | | Burial:
Lexington Cemetery
Lexington
Fayette County
Kentucky, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jul 09, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7668703 |
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