Brown, Edmund Gerald Sr.
Born: Apr 21, 1905 AD
Died: 1996 AD, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Politician
Died: 1996 AD, at 90 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Politician
1905 - Brown was born in San Francisco on the 21st of April.
1927 - Brown skipped college and instead worked in his father's cigar store and ran an illegal gambling room, while studying law at a local night school. He graduated from San Francisco Law School.
1930 - He was an active Republican, before turning Democrat.
1928 - He ran as a Republican for the State Assembly, but lost.
- He served here for seven years, and made his name attacking bookies and undeground abortion providers, before running for, and winning, election as Attorney General of California.
1949 - He raided Sally Stanford's elegant San Francisco bordello.
1958 - He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California.
- He defeated U.S. Senator William F. Knowland by a margin of nearly 20 percentage points.
1966 - He lost the election to Republican Ronald Reagan.
1996 - He died on the 16th of February.
1927 - Brown skipped college and instead worked in his father's cigar store and ran an illegal gambling room, while studying law at a local night school. He graduated from San Francisco Law School.
1930 - He was an active Republican, before turning Democrat.
1928 - He ran as a Republican for the State Assembly, but lost.
- He served here for seven years, and made his name attacking bookies and undeground abortion providers, before running for, and winning, election as Attorney General of California.
1949 - He raided Sally Stanford's elegant San Francisco bordello.
1958 - He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California.
- He defeated U.S. Senator William F. Knowland by a margin of nearly 20 percentage points.
1966 - He lost the election to Republican Ronald Reagan.
1996 - He died on the 16th of February.
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