Biography
Brown was born in Swansea, Massachusetts. He studied medicine and began his medical practice in Waldoboro, Maine. He served as a surgeon aboard the American frigate "Boston" in 1778 when John Adams traveled on the "Boston" while American commissioner to France.
Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives in 1809, 1811, 1812 and in 1819. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress from March 4, 1815 to March 3, 1817.
After leaving office, he resumed the practice of medicine until his death on September 17, 1831 in Waldoboro, Maine. He is interred at Waldoboro Cemetery in Waldoboro.
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