William G. Brown Sr.

For the West Virginia congressman (1856–1916), see William Gay Brown Jr.

William Gay Brown Sr. (September 25, 1800 – April 19, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of William Gay Brown Jr.

Biography

Born in Kingwood, Virginia (now West Virginia), Brown attended the public schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823, commencing practice in Kingwood. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1832 and again from 1840 to 1843 before being elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1844, serving from 1845 to 1849. He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850 and 1861 and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860 in both Charleston, South Carolina and Baltimore, Maryland. He was elected back to the House as a Unionist in 1860, serving again from 1861 to 1863 and upon West Virginia being admitted to the Union, was elected back as an Unconditional Unionist, serving again from 1863 to 1865. Brown died in Kingwood, West Virginia on April 19, 1884 and was interred there in Maplewood Cemetery.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Lewis Steenrod	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 (obsolete district)	Succeeded by Alexander Newman
Preceded by Sherrard Clemens	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863	Succeeded by John S. Wise⁽¹⁾
Preceded by (none)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865	Succeeded by George R. Latham
Notes and references
1. Because of Virginia's secession and redistricting, the House seat was vacant for twenty years before Wise succeeded Brown.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia

1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley

2nd district	Brown, Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers, Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney

3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins

4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall

5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee

6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack

At-large	Sutherland

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