Brown, B. Gratz
soldier, journalist, United States senator, was born May 28, 1826, in Lexington, Ky. He was a member of the Missouri legislature from 1852 to 1858; assisted in establishing the Missouri Democrat, and edited that journal from 1854 to 1859. A speech that he delivered in the legislature in 1857 was the initial movement in behalf of freedom in that state. In 1861 he volunteered and raised a regiment, which assisted in the capture of Camp Jackson, and which he commanded during its term of service. He was elected a senator in congress from Missouri for the term of 1863-67. In 1872 he received a complimentary vote for president of the United States. He died Dec. 13, 1885.