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William W. Brown or W. W. Brown (died October 1871) was an American merchant and pioneer settler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for one year, as a member of the 1st Wisconsin Legislature in 1848.〔("Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 33 )〕 Brown came early to Milwaukee, a contemporary of George H. Walker, Byron Kilbourn, and Don A. J. Upham.〔(Childs, Ebenezer "Recollections of Wisconsin Since 1820", p. 186; in Draper, Lyman C., et al. "Document M: Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports and Collections of State Historical Society, in, ''Annual message of Alexander W. Randall, governor of the state of Wisconsin, and accompanying documents'' Madison: James Ross, State Printer, 1860 (Covers 1858/1859) )〕 The first ship built in Milwaukee, the 30-ton sloop ''Wenona'', was built for Brown by George Barber in 1835. By 1842, Brown also owned the 100-ton schooner ''Fur Trader'', and was an active merchant in Milwaukee (his Wm. Brown and Company was one of the first businesses in Milwaukee). He was sometimes called "Double-Headed Brown" to distinguish him from another William Brown, with whom he was at one time in business partnership. He served as a contractor building the mile-long canal in Milwaukee for Kilbourn and Increase Lapham's Rock River Canal Company, which was begun in April 1841 and ready for use by December 1842.〔(Holton, Edward W. "Commercial History of Milwaukee", pp. 256, 263, 265, 281; in Draper, Lyman C., et al. "Document M: Fourth and Fifth Annual Reports and Collections of State Historical Society, in, ''Annual message of Alexander W. Randall, governor of the state of Wisconsin, and accompanying documents'' Madison: James Ross, State Printer, 1860 (Covers 1858/1859) )〕 This was the only portion of the canal which would ever be built; the bed thereof later became Commerce Street in Milwaukee's Beerline B neighborhood.〔Lorenzsonn, Axel. ''Steam & Cinders: The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin'' Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 2010; pp. 50-51〕 == Legislative service and political activism == In 1839, Brown, a Whig, was a candidate for Assessor in Milwaukee.〔"Whig Nominations" April 1, 1839; p. 4, col. 1〕 He served in the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory for one term representing Milwaukee County in the first 1847 session.〔Watrous, Jerome A. ''Memoirs of Milwaukee County, from the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Milwaukee County'' Madison: Western Historical Association, 1909. Vol. 1, pp. 91-92〕 After statehood, he was elected in 1848 to the 3rd Milwaukee County Assembly district (the 3rd Ward of the City of Milwaukee). He was a candidate for re-election in 1849,〔"Whig Nominations" ''Milwaukee Sentinel and Gazette'' November 3, 1849; p. 2, col. 1]〕 but was not elected. (The Assembly was re-districted, and it is unclear who succeeded him.) In 1851, he came in 7th out of 8 candidates for alderman in the Third Ward.〔"Local Matters:Charter Election Returns". ''Daily Free Democrat'' May 21, 1851; p. 3, col. 1〕 He was successful in 1852, coming in first out of four candidates.〔"Milwaukee Charter Election: Ward Officers." ''Weekly Wisconsin'' March 10, 1852; p. 1, col. 7〕 He was elected as a delegate to the 1852 Whig National Convention,〔"Whig State Convention" ''Oshkosh Democrat'' October 10, 1851; p. 2, cols. 5-6〕 and in 1852 was the Whig candidate for Sheriff of Milwaukee County.〔"Whig Nominations: Scott County Ticket" ''Milwaukee Daily Sentinel'' October 28, 1852; p. 2, col. 2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William W. Brown (Wisconsin politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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