Joseph E. Brown
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Joseph Emerson Brown, often referred to as Joe Brown, was an American attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms. He also
Portrait of Joseph Emerson Brown
Burning of the penitentiary at Milledgeville, GA by the Union Army (November 23, 1864)
Statue of Elizabeth and Joseph E. Brown
Bourbon Triumvirate
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The Bourbon Triumvirate was a group of three powerful and influential Georgia politicians, all members of the Democratic Party, in the post-Reconstruction Era: Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and
Joseph E. Brown
…Company. Finally, he was twice elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator, serving from 1880 to 1891. During this time he was part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, alongside fellow prominent Georgia politicians John Brown Gordon and Alfred H. Colquitt. Brown saved the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary financially…
Alfred H. Colquitt
John Brown Gordon