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Brown, Foster Vincent

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1854, in White county, Tenn. He was elected attorney-general of the fourth Chattanooga judicial district in 1886, and held the office for eight years, his term ending in 1894.

He removed to Chattanooga in 1890, and continued the practice of law with Judge Charles D. Clark. He was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1884 and voted for James G. Blaine for president; and was elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a republican.