Anthony G. Brown
| Anthony G. Brown | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Donna Edwards |
| 8th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland | |
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In office January 17, 2007 – January 21, 2015 |
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| Governor | Martin O'Malley |
| Preceded by | Michael Steele |
| Succeeded by | Boyd Rutherford |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 25th district |
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In office January 14, 1999 – January 14, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Brenda Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Aisha Braveboy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Anthony Gregory Brown November 21, 1961 Huntington, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Arzuaga (1993–2009) Karmen Walker Bailey (2012–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
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| Website | House website |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1984–present |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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4th Combat Aviation Brigade (Active) 10th LSO (Reserve) 353rd CACOM (OIF) 153rd LSO (Reserve) |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
| Awards |
 Legion of Merit Bronze Star
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Anthony Gregory Brown (born November 21, 1961) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district. He previously served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, from 2007 to 2015. He was elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2006 on a ticket with Governor Martin O’Malley, and both were reelected in 2010. In 2014 he ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland. Brown previously served two four-year terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Prince George's County. He is currently a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, having served in the U.S. Army for nearly thirty years. While lieutenant governor, Brown was one of the two highest-ranking elected officials in the nation to have served a tour of duty in Iraq.
Brown was born in 1961 in Huntington, New York, to immigrant parents. His father, Roy Hershel Brown, a physician, was born in Cayo Mambi, Cuba, was raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and later came to the U.S. to attend Fordham University. Roy received his medical degree in Zurich, Switzerland, where he met his future wife, Lilly I. Berlinger, Anthony's mother. The couple raised Anthony, his sister and three brothers in New York.
Anthony attended public school on Long Island, graduating from Huntington High School in 1979. In his senior year, Brown became the first African American ever elected president of Huntington High School. After high school, Brown spent the summer at the United States Military Academy at West Point before switching to Harvard College, where he majored in Government and resided in Quincy House. At Harvard, Brown served on the Student Advisory Committee at the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics. Since Harvard did not offer ROTC at the time, in his second year, Brown enrolled in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program at MIT and earned a two-year scholarship. In 1984, Brown graduated with an A.B. cum laude, and as a Distinguished Military Graduate.
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