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George William Brown was born 13 Oct 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was elected Mayor of Baltimore and served from 1860 until 12 Sep 1861, when he was arrested by yankee authorities and imprisoned during the War for Southern Independence. When Southern states began seceding from the union, yankee Army units began passing through Baltimore on their way to Washington. This enraged the folk of Baltimore, many of whom believed they were there to occupy the city and prevent Maryland from seceding also. They rioted against the yankee soldiers who fired upon the crowd indiscriminately, killing 12 civilians. The next month, yankee troops occupied the city for the rest of the war. George, as mayor, the police chief, several commissioners, and a number of citizens were arrested for their alleged participation in the riot and suspected Southern sympathizers, including Francis Scott Key's (author of the "Star Spangled Banner") grandson and a number of state legislators, were held without charges in direct violation of the US Constition...nothing unusual during the war when thousands of civilians were arrested by the military...including a US Congressman from Indiana.
This was common practice by the yankees during the War -- to arrest any and all Southern sympathizers. After the War, George served as a delegate to the Maryland State Constitutional Convention of 1867. He served as a Municipal Judge of Baltimore in 1872. George died 8 Sep 1890.
H. M. Brown was elected Mayor of Clearwater, Florida in 1954.
John Henry Brown was born 29 Oct 1820. He became a newspaperman. He was elected to the Texas State Legislature and elected as Mayor of Galveston, Tx., serving 1856-1857. He was a delegate to the Texas Secession Convention in 1861 when Texas voted to secede from the union and join the Confederate States of America. He served in the Confederate States Army during the War for Southern Independence. He served as a member of the Texas State Constitutional Convention in 1875. He was elected Mayor of Dallas and served 1885-1887. He was also author of several books, including Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas and The History of Texas. He died 31 May 1895 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas.
John J. Brown was elected Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey in 1854.
Lee Brown was elected Mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan and served 1914-1916.
Robert S. Brown was elected Mayor of Marion, Ohio. He died in 1997.
William E. Brown Jr. was elected Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan and served 1945-1957 when he was defeated for reelection.
William G. Brown was elected Mayor of Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1954.
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