Bill Brown person
also known as: Brown
Summary: The Democratic candidate who defeated Congressman Wallace by 15,000 majority in the Richmond district.
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elected_to
Congress from Richmond district
cited from “What do you think, fellow citizens, Mr… (1891) · +1 morect, dug his
political grave. He went back to his district —
the Richmond district, one of the strongest Whig
constituencies — and stood for re-election. The
democrats put up Bill Brown. Wallace and
Brown stumped the district together, and wher…
ran_against
cited from A GATLING GUN (1891)
A GATLING GUN
Dr. Gatling, the gun inventor, was in
Washington when Morse’s wire stretched a few
miles out into the country and back again. The
inventor of the telegraph had not then reached
the discovery of the ground connection. He
thought he …
received_majority_of
15000 majority from Whig district
cited from are guilty of such a piece of folly as that… (1891)are guilty of such a piece of folly as that. You
ought to be put in a strait-jacket.” The strong
Whig district gave Bill Brown 15000 majority
because Wallace voted the money which gave
the world telegraphy.
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A GATLING GUN
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
are guilty of such a piece of folly as that…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
Two men arrived here last week who had… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
“What do you think, fellow citizens, Mr… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details