Beriah Brown

Beriah Brown
10th Mayor of Seattle
In office
July 29, 1878 – August 2, 1879
Preceded by Gideon A. Weed
Succeeded by Orange Jacobs
Personal details
Born February 23, 1815
Canandaigua, New York, U.S.
Died February 8, 1900
Anaconda, Montana, U.S.
Occupation Newspaper publisher

Beriah Brown (February 23, 1815 – February 8, 1900) was a newspaper publisher and politician who served as Mayor of Seattle, Washington, as well as a regent for both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Washington .

Biography

Brown was born on February 23, 1815, in Canandaigua, New York.[1]

A newspaper publisher by trade, Brown was a Democrat who served as Clerk and Recorder of Iowa County, Wisconsin, and was a member of the first Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1858, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.[2] He moved to California in 1862.[2] As the editor of the Democratic Press in San Francisco, he amassed a large library; when news arrived of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a mob ransacked Brown's office and burned 20,000 volumes.[2] Brown was later President and Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Washington and was Mayor of Seattle from 1878 to 1879.[3]

Brown died on February 8, 1900 in Anaconda, Montana.[2][4] He was buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Brown, Beriah". Political Graveyard. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Was Greeley's Roommate". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. February 11, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Beriah Brown
  4. ↑ "Demise of a Very Prominent Journalist". The San Francisco Call. February 9, 1900. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Beriah Brown". Find a Grave. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
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