Joseph E. Brown
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Joseph E. Brown was a prominent 19th-century American politician who served as Georgia’s Civil War governor and later as a U.S. senator.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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politician ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1821-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1894-11-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Union College (Schenectady, New York)
NERFINISHED
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Yale Law School ⓘ |
| electedIn |
1857 Georgia gubernatorial election
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1859 Georgia gubernatorial election NERFINISHED ⓘ 1861 Georgia gubernatorial election NERFINISHED ⓘ 1863 Georgia gubernatorial election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedTo | United States Senate from Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Western and Atlantic Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1865-06-17 ⓘ |
| endTime (U.S. Senate) | 1891 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
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Georgia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
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Southern Rights Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Georgia’s Civil War governor
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serving as a U.S. senator from Georgia ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| officeContested | Governor of Georgia ⓘ |
| opposed | centralization of power by the Confederate government ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pickens County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
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Governor of Georgia ⓘ President of the Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ United States Senator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta, Georgia
NERFINISHED
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Canton, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Grisham Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1857-11-06 ⓘ |
| startTime (U.S. Senate) | 1880 ⓘ |
| supported | secession of Georgia from the United States ⓘ |
| wasGovernorDuring | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Oakland Cemetery