Benjamin Gratz Brown
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Benjamin Gratz Brown was a 19th-century American politician and reformist governor of Missouri who became a prominent figure in post–Civil War liberal Republican politics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benjamin Gratz Brown canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American politician
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United States senator ⓘ governor ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1826-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1885-12-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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Transylvania University NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
term as Governor of Missouri: 1873
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term as U.S. Senator from Missouri: 1867 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Missouri House of Representatives
NERFINISHED
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United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
Liberal Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| middleName | Gratz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Liberal Republicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Vice President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advocated amnesty for former Confederates
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advocated civil service reform ⓘ prominent leader of Liberal Republican movement after the American Civil War ⓘ supported public education reforms in Missouri ⓘ supported railroad regulation measures in Missouri ⓘ |
| notableWork | co‑founder of the Missouri Democrat newspaper ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn | Reconstruction era politics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Bellefontaine Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kirkwood, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Missouri
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Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ member of the Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ |
| relative | John Brown (abolitionist) – distant relative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
term as Governor of Missouri: 1871
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term as U.S. Senator from Missouri: 1863 ⓘ |
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