Elon R. Brown

Elon Rouse Brown (October 7, 1857 Orleans, Jefferson County, New York - September 24, 1922 Fox Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1915 to 1918.

Life

He was the son of Elon Galusha Brown and Lucretia (Rouse) Brown. He graduated from Brown University in 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced in Watertown, New York. On November 25, 1882, he married Ettella B. Greene, and they had three children.

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894. He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate from 1899 to 1904, and from 1913 to 1918, and was President pro tempore from 1915 to 1918.

He was a delegate to the 1900, 1904 and 1916 Republican National Conventions.

Sources

[1] Political Graveyard
[2] Obit in NYT on September 25, 1922 (giving wrong year [1913] for begin of majority leadership)

Preceded by Joseph Mullin	New York State Senate, 35th District 1898–1904	Succeeded by George H. Cobb
Preceded by ?	New York State Senate, 35th District 1909–1918	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John F. Murtaugh	President pro tempore of the New York State Senate 1915 - 1918	Succeeded by J. Henry Walters