People from Hardin County, Kentucky - People from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, People from Radcliff, Kentucky, John Y. Brown, John L. Helm (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: People from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, People from Radcliff, Kentucky, John Y. Brown, John L. Helm, Steve Jameson, Keen Johnson, Kenny Perry, Ron Lewis, Andre' Woodson, Dick Hustvedt, Damon R. Eubank, Cecil Collins, Michael J Thomas, Brandon Deaderick, Walter Huddleston, Charles B. Middleton, David Matthews, Kelly Rutherford, Douglas Lucas, Blake Judd, Chad Epperson, Zipp Duncan, William B. Read, Chris Todd, Alexander B. Montgomery, Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, Philip Arnold, Andrew Hynes. Excerpt: John Young Brown (June 28, 1835 - January 11, 1904) was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each of which was marred by controversy. He was first elected in 1859, despite his own protests that he was not yet twenty-five years old, the minimum age set by the Constitution for serving in the legislature. The voters of his district elected him anyway, but he was not allowed to take his seat until the Congress' second session, after he was of legal age to serve. After moving to Henderson, Kentucky, Brown was elected from that district in 1866. On this occasion, he was denied his seat because of alleged disloyalty to the Union during the Civil War. Voters in his district refused to elect another representative, and the seat remained vacant throughout the term to which Brown was elected. After an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 1871, Brown was again elected to the House in 1872 and served three consecutive terms. During his final term, he was officially censured for delivering a speech excoriating Massachusetts Representative Benjamin F. Butler. The censure was later expunged from the congressional record. After his service in the House, Bro...