Jefferson Beale Browne

Background

Browne, Jefferson Beale was born on June 6, 1857 in Key West, Florida, United States. Son of Joseph Beverly and Mary Nieves (Ximenez) Browne.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University of Iowa, 1880.

Career

1 son, Joseph Emmet. Captain’s clerk on United States Ship Marion, 1876. Admitted to bar, 1880. City attorney, 1880-1885, postmaster, 1886-1890, collector customs, 1893-1897, Key West.

Member Florida Senate, 1891-1895.

President Florida Senate and ex-officio Lieutenant-governor of Florida, 1891-1893. Chairman Florida Railroad Commission, 1903-1907.

Member of the board of public works, Key West, 1909-1912. Delaware at large Democratic National Convention, 1888.

Member Democratic National Committee, 1904-1908.

Presidential elector, 1912, and president electoral college, 1913. Receiver Key West Electrical Light & Street Carolina Company, 1898.

Chief justice Supreme Court of Florida, 1917-1923, The American Association Foreign Justice, 1923-June 1, 1925.

Resigned to become judge of 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Achievements

• Jefferson Beale Browne has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Key West: The Old and the New

    (This book was originally published in 1912 and has been r...)

  • Key West: The Old and the New - Scholar's Choice Edition

    ( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)

  • Key West The Old and the New - Scholar's Choice Edition

    ( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)

  • Key West The Old and the New

    (This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book publ...)

  • Key West: The Old and the New 1912 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 251. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

  • Key West: The Old and the New (Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series) by Jefferson B. Browne (1987-10-20)
  • (Key West: The Old and the New ) Author: Jefferson Beale Browne Mar-2009
  • (Key West: The Old and the New ) Author: Jefferson Beale Browne Mar-2009

Membership

Member Florida Senate, 1891-1895. Member of the board of public works, Key West, 1909-1912. Delaware at large Democratic National Convention, 1888.

Member Democratic National Committee, 1904-1908.

Mason (32°,Kiloton).

Connections

Married Frances Williams Atkinson, June 19, 1889.

Father:

Joseph Beverly Browne

Mother:

Mary Nieves (Ximenez) Browne

Spouse:

Frances Williams Atkinson