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Arthur Brown (American politician)

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as Utah's first U.S. senators, an office sought by many prominent men as it was the great political prize of statehood. Brown drew the short term, serving in the Senate from January 22, 1896, until March 3, 1897. He was not a candidate for renomination and resumed the practice of law in
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Brown was first married to Lydia Coon, with whom he had a daughter, Alice. Brown later married Isabel Cameron after separating from Lydia and with her and Isabel had one son, Max.
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On February 4, 1903, Brown was found guilty of contempt of court in failing to comply with the Salt Lake City court's order to pay Mrs. Brown temporary alimony of $ 150 month.
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At trial, it was revealed that Brown's will renounced Bradley and the two sons she claimed he sired, and a sympathetic jury acquitted her due to temporary insanity.
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Brown then met Anne Maddison Bradley and became lovers. Isabel hired a detective and charged Brown and they were jailed more than once for adultery.
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and rose through its ranks. In 1896 the predominantly Republican Legislature elected him and
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and a member of the Phillips Congregational Church, in Salt Lake City.
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Nearing forty and a successful attorney, Brown joined the
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United States Senator
Utah
Joseph L. Rawlins
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Washington, D.C.
Republican
Alma mater
Antioch College
University of Michigan Law School
United States Senator
Utah
Prairie Ronde
Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Antioch College
BA
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
MA
LLB
Kalamazoo
Republican
Salt Lake City
Utah Territory
Republican Party
Frank J. Cannon
Salt Lake City
President

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