- Fred H. Brown
Infobox Governor
name =Fred Herbert Brown
imagesize =150px
order =67th
office =Governor of New Hampshire
term_start =January 4 ,1923
term_end =January 1 ,1925
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predecessor =Albert O. Brown
successor =John G. Winant
order2 =United States Senator fromNew Hampshire
term_start2 =March 4 ,1933
term_end2 =January 3 ,1939
predecessor2 =George H. Moses
successor2 =Charles W. Tobey
birth_date =April 12 ,1879
birth_place =Ossipee, New Hampshire
death_date =February 3 ,1955
death_place =Somersworth, New Hampshire
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party =Democratic
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alma_mater =Dartmouth College Boston University School of Law
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footnotes =Fred Herbert Brown (
April 12 ,1879 –February 3 ,1955 ) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician fromSomersworth, New Hampshire . He served as mayor of Somersworth and asUnited States Attorney forNew Hampshire before his term as Governor of New Hampshire from 1923 to 1925, and later served in theUnited States Senate .Brown was elected to the Senate in the Roosevelt landslide of 1932, but lost his bid for re-election in 1938.
He served as
Comptroller General of the United States from 1939 - 1940. He was appointed to a 15 year term, as are all Comptroller Generals, but only served one due to illness.He was also a part-time Baseball Player in 1901-1902 for the Boston Beaneaters (Atlanta Braves)
External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000916 biographic sketch at U.S. Congress]
* [http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/glikeness/browfred.html Brown at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources]
* [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30349.pdf] CRS Report: "GAO: Government Accountability Office and General Accounting Office,"updated June 22, 2007http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownfr01.shtml###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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