Joseph O. Brown

Joseph O. Brown

:"This article is about the mayor of Pittsburgh, for other people named Joseph Brown see Joseph Brown (disambiguation)."

Joseph O. Brown (January 8 , 1848 –March 15, 1903 ) served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1901 to 1903 .

Early life

Mayor Brown was born in what is today East Deer Township, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh. He served as Prothonotary of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1880 until 1887. His first political position in Pittsburgh was Director of Public Safety, a job he obtained in 1887.

Pittsburgh politics

Mayor Joseph Brown's administration battled rampant vice within the city with differing degrees of success. The incompetence of the rank and file law enforcers in the city was displayed for everyone to see when the Biddle Brothers made a daring escape from the Pittsburgh jail. The Frick Building was constructed on Grant Street during the Joseph Brown term.

Later life

Mayor Joseph Brown died in office from heart failure brought on by severe stress. He is buried near where he is born outside of Tarentum, Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh.

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