John Young Brown (1835-1904)
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Born at Elizabethtown (Claysville section), this Ky. statesman and orator was admitted to bar, 1857, and began law practice here. Brown was a state elector on Douglas ticket, 1860. He was elected to Congress four times and governor, 1891-95; helped state comply with Constitution of 1890. He ran for governor in 1899, unsuccessfully, against Goebel and Taylor.
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