Melville+C.+Brown


 * Melville C. Brown **


 * Republican**** • **** Albany County **
 * Member of the Constitutional Convention 1889**

Melville C. Brown was born on August 16, 1838 in Kennebec County, Maine. At the age of 18, he traveled to California where he worked in mining and merchandising. Later he moved in Boise, Idaho to engage in mining. He moved to practice law in Cheyenne in 1856,Laramie in 1868, Seattle from 1905 to 1908, and Laramie again in 1909. Active in politics, he served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, assistant assessor of the Internal Revenue Service in Idaho, a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, mayor of Laramie, Albany County prosecuting attorney, member of the Wyoming Constitutional Convention, US Attorney, and US District Court judge in Alaska, among others. Brown died in Laramie on April 10, 1928.

=Additional Resources=
 * "Wyoming Lawyer Melville C. Brown: A Man For His Time" by Kim Viner, WyoHistory.org (accessed June 2015)
 * "Hon. Melville C. Brown," //History of Wyoming, Volume 3// by I.S. Bartlett, 1918, Google Books (accessed June 2015)
 * Autobiographical sketch, 1917 January 17 / by Melville C. Brown. Minnesota Historical Society (accessed June 2015)
 * //Melville C. Brown, Frontier Lawyer and Jurist// by Kim Viner, 2015