Background
Brown, Armstead was born on June 6, 1875 in Talbotton, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown.
Brown, Armstead was born on June 6, 1875 in Talbotton, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown.
Educational public schools.
Admitted to bar, 1897. Practiced law, LaFayette, Alabama. Solicitor Chambers County, Alabama, 1898-1902.
Register in Chancery, 1898-1902. Removed to Montgomery, 1905. Appointed, February 12, 1909, elected, November 1910, associate judge City Court of Montgomery, for term 1911-1917.
Resigned, February 1915. General solicitor Florida E. Coast Railway Company, May 1, 1915, also of Florida E. Coast Hotel Company. Law practice Miami, Florida, 1917-1925.
Justice Supreme Court Florida, 1925-1946. Resigned December, 1946. Chief justice, December 1925-November 1926, January 1941-January 1943.
Retired December, 1946. Delaware several Democratic state convs.
All human life is created by God and therefore is significant and valuable. When governments implement the capital punishment, then the life of the convicted is devalued and all possibilities of change education.
God should be loved with hearts as well as with minds. To the best of their ability everyone needs to think things through in the light of reason. This means becoming aware of different points of view, and using his or her critical thinking to make sense of God's world.
Member American Bar Association, Florida State Bar Association (president 1922-1923), American Judicature Society. Served as president Alabama Bible Society and Alabama S.S. Association. Clubs: Miami Kiwanis (1st president), Tallahassee Country.
Married Elizabeth Dowdell, Montgomery, Alabama, November 21, 1901.