HENRY B. BROWN

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FULL NAME:
Henry Billings Brown

BORN:
March 2, 1836
South Lee, Massachusetts

DIED:
September 4, 1913 (age 77)
Bronxville, New York

EDUCATION:
Yale Law School
Harvard Law School
Yale College (BA, 1856)
Read Law (1860)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1860-1861:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1860-1875:
Lecturer in Law, University of Michigan 
1861-1863:
Deputy U.S. Marshal, Eastern District of Michigan
1863-1868:
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
1868:
Judge, Wayne County (Michigan) Circuit Court
1868-1871:
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Detroit Medical College
1868-1875:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1875-1890:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
1890-1906:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
Supreme Court Historical Society
Wikipedia 

PORTRAIT:

Artist: Lewis Thomas Ives (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)