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Senate Years of Service: 1822-1825 Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican
BROWN, Ethan Allen, a Senator from Ohio; born in Darien, Conn., July 4, 1776; pursued
academic studies; studied law under Alexander Hamilton; admitted to the bar in
1802; moved to Cincinnati in 1804, where he began the practice of law;
associate judge of the supreme court of Ohio 1810-1818; Governor of Ohio
1818-1822; resigned on being elected as a Democratic Republican (later
Adams-Clay Republican) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of William A. Trimble, and served from January 3, 1822, to March
3, 1825; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1825; canal commissioner of
Ohio 1825-1830; Charge dAffaires to Brazil 1830-1834; commissioner of the
General Land Office in Washington 1835-1836; moved to Rising Sun, Ohio County,
Ind., 1836; member, Indiana house of representatives 1842; died in
Indianapolis, Ind., February 24, 1852; interment in Cedar Hedge Cemetery,
Rising Sun, Ind.
BibliographyAmerican National Biography;
Dictionary of American Biography.
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