Grave of Joseph E. Brown - Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

The Civil War governor of Georgia, Joseph E. Brown, was one of the most successful politicians in the state's history and the father of two-term governor Joseph M. Brown.

When the Civil War ended in April 1865, Governor Brown was arrested and briefly imprisoned in Washington, D.C. Paroled, he backed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy and received a full pardon in September. As a Republican Brown served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia for two years. As Reconstruction ended, he swung back to the ranks of the Democrats and again prospered in law and business. From 1880 to 1890 Brown served in the U.S. Senate, until poor health forced his retirement. He died on November 30.

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There is a statue of statue of Joseph E. Brown and his wife located on southwest corner of the Georgia state capitol square. This statue is believed to be one of the few husband-and-wife statues in the world. There is also a park in Marietta Ga. named in his honor.

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Description: Joseph Emerson Brown was born in South Carolina on April 15, 1821, and raised in the mountains of north Georgia, capped off a solid middle-class education in private academies with a year at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut (1845-46). Very able and ambitious, Brown quickly prospered as a lawyer and businessman. Soon after his election to the Georgia state senate in 1849 he emerged as a leader of the Democratic Party, and his influence continued after he was elected a state circuit judge in 1855. The Civil War governor of Georgia, Joseph E. Brown, was one of the most successful politicians in the state's history and the father of two-term governor Joseph M. Brown. When the Civil War ended in April 1865, Governor Brown was arrested and briefly imprisoned in Washington, D.C. Paroled, he backed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy and received a full pardon in September. As a Republican Brown served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia for two years. As Reconstruction ended, he swung back to the ranks of the Democrats and again prospered in law and business. From 1880 to 1890 Brown served in the U.S. Senate, until poor health forced his retirement. He died on November 30. Date of birth: 04/15/1821 Date of death: 11/30/1894 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: sunrise-sunset Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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