Benjamin Gratz Brown

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Benjamin Gratz Brown was a 19th-century American politician and reformist governor of Missouri who became a prominent figure in post–Civil War liberal Republican politics.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1826-05-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1885-12-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Transylvania University ⓘ
Yale College ⓘ
endTime term as Governor of Missouri: 1873 ⓘ
term as U.S. Senator from Missouri: 1867 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Brown ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Liberal Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
middleName Gratz ⓘ
movement Liberal Republicanism ⓘ
nominatedFor Vice President of the United States ⓘ
notableAchievement advocated amnesty for former Confederates ⓘ
advocated civil service reform ⓘ
prominent leader of Liberal Republican movement after the American Civil War ⓘ
supported public education reforms in Missouri ⓘ
supported railroad regulation measures in Missouri ⓘ
notableWork co‑founder of the Missouri Democrat newspaper ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn Reconstruction era politics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bellefontaine Cemetery ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kirkwood, Missouri ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Missouri ⓘ
Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ
member of the Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ
relative John Brown (abolitionist) – distant relative ⓘ
linked to: John Brown
residence St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime term as Governor of Missouri: 1871 ⓘ
term as U.S. Senator from Missouri: 1863 ⓘ

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