Benjamin Gratz Brown
| Benjamin Gratz Brown | |
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| 20th Governor of Missouri | |
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In office January 4, 1871 – January 3, 1873 |
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| Lieutenant | Joseph J. Gravely |
| Preceded by | Joseph W. McClurg |
| Succeeded by | Silas Woodson |
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United States Senator from Missouri |
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In office November 13, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Charles D. Drake |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 28, 1826 Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Died | December 13, 1885 (aged 59) Kirkwood, Missouri |
| Political party |
Democratic Republican Unconditional Unionist Liberal Republican |
| Residence | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Alma mater |
Transylvania University Yale College |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1863 |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885) was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
Brown was born in 1826 in Frankfort, Kentucky, the son of Judith Ann (Bledsoe) and Mason Brown. He was the grandson of Senators John Brown and Jesse Bledsoe of Kentucky. He graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington in 1845 where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, and from Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1847. He studied law, and later settled in St. Louis, Missouri. There he joined his cousin, Francis P. Blair, Jr., and Senator Thomas Hart Benton in a struggle against the pro-slavery faction for control of Missouri's Democratic Party. He was a correspondent for the Missouri Republican at the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) and served as the secretary at the treaty negotiations.
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