James Stephens Brown


James Stephens Brown, Jr. was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1906 to 1910

Early life

Brown was born circa 1859. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy.

Career

Brown served a naval officer in the Spanish–American War of 1898. He became a lawyer, and he joined the firm of Champion, Head, and Brown. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1906 to 1910. He subsequently moved to Memphis.

Personal life and death

Brown was married to Madeline Pattie McComb on November 6, 1895. They had three children: James S. Brown, III, Worthington Brown, and Berta Brown Radford. He was Presbyterian.
Brown died on January 6, 1946 at his home in Memphis. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.