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Brown family of St. Ignace, Michigan

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Prentiss Marsh Brown (1889-1973) — also known as Prentiss M. Brown; "Father of the Mackinac Bridge" — of St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich., June 18, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; Mackinac County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924, 1940, 1948, 1952; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1924; resigned 1936; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1936-43; defeated, 1942; administrator, U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1942-43;; chairman, Mackinac Bridge Authority, 1951-73; chairman, Detroit Edison electric utility. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Delta Tau Delta. Died in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich., December 19, 1973 (age 84 years, 184 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery, St. Ignace, Mich.

		Relatives: Son of James J. Brown and Millie (Gagnon) Brown; married, June 16, 1916, to Marion E. Walker; father of Prentiss M. Brown Jr. and Paul Walker Brown.
		Political family: Brown family of St. Ignace, Michigan.
		Cross-reference: Edward H. Fenlon
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

Prentiss M. Brown Jr. (b. 1925) — of St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Mich. Born in 1925. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960; candidate for Michigan state senate 37th District, 1974. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 2011.

		Relatives: Son of Prentiss Marsh Brown and Marion (Walker) Brown; brother of Paul Walker Brown.
		Political family: Brown family of St. Ignace, Michigan.
		See also Internet Movie Database profile

Paul Walker Brown (b. 1935) — also known as Paul W. Brown — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in 1935. Democrat. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1971-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1974. Still living as of 2011.

		Relatives: Son of Prentiss Marsh Brown and Marion (Walker) Brown; brother of Prentiss M. Brown Jr.; married 1961 to Linda Margaret 'Meg' Hyatt.
		Political family: Brown family of St. Ignace, Michigan.

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