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  Brown, Ronald H.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameRonald H. Brown
Address
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia , United States
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Born August 01, 1941
DiedApril 03, 1996 (54 years)
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Nov 30, 2015 11:54pm
Tags Black -
InfoRaised in New York City's Harlem, he attended Middlebury College (grad. 1962) and St. John's Law School (grad. 1970). A lifelong Democrat, he worked at the National Urban League (1966–78) before becoming a top aide to Senator Edward Kennedy (1979–81). After a stint as a partner in a private law and lobbying firm in Washington (1985–88), he managed the presidential bid of Jesse Jackson (1988) and was the first African American to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1989–92), where he successfully charted a centrist course. A skilled political operative and deal maker with an engagingly suave personal style, Brown had an ideology that mixed liberal concerns with capitalist savvy and was a classic Washington insider. He played a key role in unifying Democrats behind the presidential candidacy of Bill Clinton (1992) and made an effective secretary of commerce (1993–96) in Clinton's administration. Brown was killed in an airplane crash while on a trade mission to Croatia.


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Son Michael A. Brown 1965-

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  01/21/1993 US Secretary of Commerce Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  02/10/1989 DNC Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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