. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ar; in 1841 engaged in the mer-cantile business in Missouri; wasColonel of the Osage Regiment of Infantry, and also of a cavalry regiment; a member of the State Con-vention in 1862; was a Representative from Missouri to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses. Elected Governor ofMissouri in 1868 and was a candidate for re-election in 1870 but wasdefeated. In 1889 he was appointed by President Harrison, Registerof the United States Land Office at Springfield, Mo. B. Gratz Brown was born inLexington, K
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. ar; in 1841 engaged in the mer-cantile business in Missouri; wasColonel of the Osage Regiment of Infantry, and also of a cavalry regiment; a member of the State Con-vention in 1862; was a Representative from Missouri to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses. Elected Governor ofMissouri in 1868 and was a candidate for re-election in 1870 but wasdefeated. In 1889 he was appointed by President Harrison, Registerof the United States Land Office at Springfield, Mo. B. Gratz Brown was born inLexington, Kentucky, May 28,1826; graduated at Yale in 1847;studied law in Louisville, and lo-cated at St. Louis, Missouri; wasa member of the State Legislaturefrom to 1858; assisted in theestablishment of the Missouri Dem-ocrat^ and was its editor from 1854to 1851). In 1861 he volunteeredand raised a L^nion Reo-iment, andl)ecame Colonel. Elected to theLUiited States Senate in 1863, bythe radical emancipationist, serv-ing on many important commit-tees. In 1872 he recived acompli-. B. GRATZ BROWN. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 37 nientary vote for President. Diedin St. Louis December 13, ,honored and respected as an hon-est, intelligent gentleman. Silas Woodson, Governor ofMissouri from 1873 to 1875, wasl)orn in Kentucky in 1819, and re-ceived his early training in thelog-school-house of the neigh-borhood, which was supplementedl»y a thorough course of study andreading in after years; when twen-ty-one he was licensed to practicelaw, and three years later waselected to the Legislature, beingre-elected several times in the nexttwelve years. In 1854 he removed to Missouri, locating at St. Joseph,where he soon rose to considera))le prominence as a lawyer; was elect-ed Circuit Judo-e in 60; chairman of the Democratic State Conventionin 1872 and nominated l)y the democrats as a compromise was inaugurated January 8, 1873 and served two years.
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