| LC control no. | n 88274033 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brown, Bedford, 1795-1870 |
| Birth date | 1795-06-06 |
| Death date | 1870-12-06 |
| Place of birth | Caswell County (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Caswell County (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Law North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Duke Univ. Libr. for His Papers, 1830-1906 (Brown, Bedford, resident of Caswell County, N.C.) DAB (Brown, Bedford, 1792-1870) Biog. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-1961 (Brown, Bedford, b. 6/6/1795, d. 1870; U.S. Senator, of Caswell County, N.C.) LC data base, 4/10/89 (Brown, Bedford, 1795-1870) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 10, 2018 (Brown, Bedford, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Caswell County, N.C., near Greensboro, June 6, 1795; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1815 but did not practice; planter; elected to the house of commons of North Carolina in 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1823; member, State senate 1828-1829; elected in 1829 as a Jacksonian (later Democrat) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Branch; reelected in 1835 and served from December 9, 1829, until November 16, 1840, when he resigned, because he would not obey the instructions of the general assembly of North Carolina; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Twenty-fifth Congress); again elected to the State senate in 1842; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1842; moved to Missouri in 1843; subsequently moved to Virginia; returned to North Carolina and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State senate 1858-1860; delegate to the reconstruction convention in 1865; again elected to the State senate in 1868, but was not permitted to take his seat; died at “Rose Hill,” Caswell County, N.C., near Greensboro, December 6, 1870; interment in the family cemetery at "Rose Hill.") |
| Associated language | eng |
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