Prentiss M. Brown

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American politician United States senator human

Prentiss M. Brown was an American Democratic politician and U.S. Senator from Michigan who played a key role in federal economic regulation during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Prentiss M. Brown Jr. ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → United States senator → human →
burialPlace	Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, Michigan →
child	Prentiss M. Brown Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1889-06-18 →
dateOfDeath	1973-12-19 →
educatedAt	Albion College → University of Michigan Law School →
ethnicGroup	White American →
familyName	Brown →
givenName	Prentiss →
knownFor	role in New Deal and wartime economic policy → service as Administrator of the Office of Price Administration →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	administration of wartime price controls → leadership in federal economic regulation during World War II →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
officeContested	Governor of Michigan →
participatedIn	World War II home front economic regulation →
placeOfBirth	St. Ignace, Michigan →
placeOfDeath	St. Ignace, Michigan →
politicalAlignment	New Deal Democrat →
positionHeld	Administrator of the Office of Price Administration → United States Representative from Michigan → United States Senator from Michigan → chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority → member of the U.S. House of Representatives →
religion	Methodism →
represented	Michigan →
residence	St. Ignace, Michigan →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marian Walker Brown NERFINISHED →
termEnd	as U.S. Representative: 1937-01-03 → as U.S. Senator: 1943-01-03 →
termStart	as U.S. Representative: 1933-03-04 → as U.S. Senator: 1937-01-03 →
workLocation	Michigan → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Prentiss M. Brown ("Prentiss M. Brown Jr.") →	child
Office of Price Administration →	notableChairperson