Charles Elwood Brown

Charles Elwood Brown (July 4, 1834 – May 22, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Charles Elwood Brown
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	Isaac M. Jordan
Succeeded by	John A. Caldwell
Member of the Ohio Senate from the first district
In office January 1, 1900 – January 5, 1902 Serving with Alfred M. Cohen Carl L. Nippert
Preceded by	Alfred M. Cohen J. W. Harper C. D. Robertson Lewis Voight
Succeeded by	Nicholas Longworth Peter Echert Lewis M. Hosea
Personal details
Born	(1834-07-04)July 4, 1834 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	May 22, 1904(1904-05-22) (aged 69) College Hill, Ohio
Resting place	Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Miami University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Colonel Brevet Brigadier General
Unit	63rd Ohio Infantry

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brown attended the common schools and Greenfield Academy, He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1854. He went south and, while serving as tutor at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ross County in 1859 and 1860. In the first year of the American Civil War, Brown enlisted as a private in Company B, Sixty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, September 2, 1861. He was promptly commissioned as a captain on October 23, 1861. Brown lost his left leg on July 22, 1864 in the Atlanta Campaign.[1] He was promoted through the ranks to colonel June 6, 1865. Brown was mustered out of the volunteers on July 8, 1865.[2] In recognition of Brown's service and sacrifice in the Atlanta Campaign, on January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated him for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from March 13, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[2][3]

After the Civil War, Brown resumed the practice of law in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served as postmaster of Chillicothe, 1866–1872. He was commissioned pension agent at Cincinnati in 1872, and held this position until President Hayes' administration began in 1877.

Brown was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S. Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888 and resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the State senate in 1900 and 1901.

Charles Elwood Brown died at College Hill, Ohio, on May 22, 1904.[2] He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]