George M. Brown

George M. Brown (May 5, 1864 – June 18, 1934) was an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. He was the 50th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and the 5th attorney general of the state from 1915 to 1920. An Oregon born and educated attorney, he previously worked as a district attorney in Southern Oregon.

Early life George Brown was born on May 5, 1864, in Southern Oregon’s Douglas County. His parents Thomas Brown and Sarah Flett Brown immigrated to Oregon Country in 1847. In this role he represented the state along with John O. Bailey in the United States Supreme Court case of Bunting v. Oregon that upheld an Oregon law in a landmark decision regulating the maximum number of hours an employer could work an employee. He was reelected in 1918 and continued as attorney general until October 14, 1920, when he resigned the position. That same year he won election to a full six-year term on the bench. In 1926, Brown won reelection and then left the court at the end of that term in 1933.

Family In 1895 Brown married Bertha Bellows. The Browns had three children. George M. Brown died on June 18, 1934, at the age of 70.