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Aaron Venable Brown

Aaron Venable Brown is a Tennessee historical marker in Giles County.

Giles Co, TN 7 (US 31), northwest corner of intersection w/Rose Rd.

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A native of North Carolina, Aaron Brown studied law in Nashville and moved to Pulaski to practice. He served four terms in the State Legislature, three terms in Congress, and one term as Governor, 1845-47. In 1850, he wrote the Tennessee Platform of the Southern Convention. Governor Brown died in Nashville.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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