John Brown (September 12, 1757 - August 29, 1837) was an American lawyer and statesman heavily involved with creating the State of Kentucky. Brown represented Virginia in the Continental Congress (1777-1778) and the U.S. Congress (1789-1791). While in Congress, he introduced the bill granting Statehood to Kentucky. Once that was accomplished, he was elected a U.S. Senator for Kentucky. Wikipedia
Liberty Hall Historic Site was home to Kentucky's first U.S. Senator, John Brown, and his family. The site was also home to another U.S. Senator, a Vice-Presidential candidate, a Governor of Missouri, a Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a Fren www.libertyhall.org/index.htm
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Bibliography American National Biography ; Dictionary of American Biography ; Sprague, Stuart S. Senator John Brown of Kentucky, 1757-1837: A Political Biography. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000929/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for John Brown. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28Kentucky%29
