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  Brower, John M.
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameJohn M. Brower
Address Surry County
Mount Airy, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born July 19, 1845
DiedAugust 05, 1913 (68 years)
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifedChronicler
Jun 11, 2020 07:51pm
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InfoBROWER, John Morehead, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 19, 1845; moved to Surry County, N.C., with his parents, who settled in Mount Airy in 1845; educated by private tutors and attended the Mount Airy Male Academy; engaged in agricultural pursuits, the raising and processing of tobacco, and mercantile pursuits; delegate to all Republican State conventions from 1872 to 1896; member of the State senate 1876-1878.

U.S. Representative (R-NC) 1887-91; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Fifty-first Congress).

Member of the State house of representatives 1896-1898; resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits; moved to Oklahoma and settled in Boswell, Choctaw County, in 1907 and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, agricultural pursuits, and stock raising; died in Paris, Lamar County, Tex., August 5, 1913; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, N.C.

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  11/08/1898 NC District 08 Lost 0.50% (-51.15%)
  11/03/1896 NC State House - Surry County Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1890 NC District 05 Lost 46.24% (-6.31%)
  07/23/1890 NC District 05 - R Convention Won 56.52% (+21.74%)
  11/06/1888 NC District 05 Won 50.37% (+2.14%)
  11/02/1886 NC District 05 Won 49.69% (+5.91%)
  09/07/1886 NC District 05 - R Convention Won 42.86% (+14.29%)
  08/07/1884 NC District 05 - R Convention Lost 10.64% (-14.89%)
  11/05/1878 NC - District 07 Lost 42.80% (-12.93%)
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