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Armstead Brown

1875 – 1951

American judge

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Lived 1875 – 1951 (aged 75–76). Armstead Brown was a lawyer.

Armstead Brown (June 6, 1875 – October 29, 1951) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1925 to 1946.

Born in Talbotton, Georgia, in 1875, Brown dropped out of school at the age of 14 to become the personal secretary to former Confederate general John Brown Gordon. Brown studied law in Alabama under the tuition of his uncle, Judge J. R. Dowdell, who later joined the Alabama Supreme Court. He was admitted to the bar in Alabama in 1897, and practiced law in Montgomery, Alabama before being appointed a judge. In 1915, Brown moved to Jacksonville, Florida, before moving to Miami two years later.

Brown died at the Plaza Hotel in New York, New York on October 29, 1951. He was celebrating his anniversary with his wife, and the death was attributed to a heart condition. Five of his diaries from the 1940s were donated to the Florida Supreme Court Library and present a view of his life on the court.

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1875
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1951
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American judge

When was Armstead Brown born?

Armstead Brown was born in 1875.

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Armstead Brown died in 1951.

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Armstead Brown was a lawyer.

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· Wikidata: Q98410174

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