Charles Browne (politician)

Charles Browne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 4th district
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
Preceded by	Elijah C. Hutchinson
Succeeded by	Charles Aubrey Eaton
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1937–1939 1941–1942
Personal details
Born	September 28, 1875 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died	August 17, 1947 (aged 71) Princeton, US
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician

Charles Browne (September 28, 1875 – August 17, 1947) was a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1923–1925.

Biography

Browne was born in Philadelphia on September 28, 1875. He attended private schools in Philadelphia and graduated from Princeton University in 1896. He studied medicine, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1900, and then attended the University of Berlin in 1902 and 1903. He served as overseer of the poor in Princeton from 1912 to 1914, and was Mayor of Princeton from 1914 to 1923. Browne served as first lieutenant and captain in the Medical Corps from March 1917 to April 1919 and afterwards resumed the practice of his profession in Princeton.

Browne was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

After leaving Congress, he was a member of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities from 1925 to 1931. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1937 to 1939, and again in 1941 and 1942. He was an adviser in the department of politics at Princeton University. Browne died in Princeton on August 17, 1947. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the grounds of his home in Princeton.

External links

• United States Congress. "Charles Browne (id: B000954)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Charles Browne at Political Graveyard