Biography

07/06/1864 - 10/08/1947

Judge Charles Lincoln Brown (R5) Philadelphia (Part) County, 1897-1900 (R5) Philadelphia (Part) County, 1905-1906 (R7) Philadelphia (Part) County, 1907-1908

Early Life:

Judge Charles Lincoln Brown, born July 6, 1864, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; public school education, University of Pennsylvania Law; admitted, Philadelphia bar, engaged law practice; elected, Philadelphia Common Council, 1891-1893; Philadelphia Select Council, 1894; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1900; elected, Philadelphia Common Council, 1903; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1905-1908; appointed, President Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1913-1924; Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1924-1929; President Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1929-1947; died, October 8, 1947, Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Prepared and entered Lehigh University for a civil engineering course but was forced to abandon this purpose through illness; later he entered, graduating, University of Pennsylvania Law. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Pennsylvania Society of New York; member, Union League, Clover Club; member, Sons of Saint Patrick; member, Penn Athletic Club; member, Academy of Natural Science; Chairman, Pennsylvania Council of Juveniles Court Judges; Chairman, State Advisory Council, Pennsylvania Committee, Penal Affairs, Public Charities Association; Republican, Philadelphia City Committee, 1906-1907.   

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1897-1900, declining the nomination, 1900; committee assignments, Appropriations, Corporations, Education, Finance, Insurance, Judiciary General, Judiciary Special, Legislative Apportionment, Library, Municipal Affairs, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water, Public Health and Sanitation. Chairman, Public Grounds and Buildings Committees.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1905-1906; Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1907-1908; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Elections, Judiciary General, Law and Order, Municipal Affairs. Chairman, Insurance Committee. 

Appointed, Governor John K. Tenor, President Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1913-1924; Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1924-1929; President Judge, Juvenile Division, Municipal Court of Philadelphia, 1929-1947. Known as “Father of Municipal Court” since its creation, 1913. 

Legacy:

Father, Charles Brown descendant of James Logan, Secretary, William Penn. 

Mother, Amanda Marple Brown, collaterally David Rittenhouse, astronomer, scientist for whom Rittenhouse Square is named. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, Cochran, (1900) T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1187, 1192-1194, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1161.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1908). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 909, 915-917, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 889. 

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Thursday, October 09, 1947, page1.

The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Brown, C to D

Charles Lincoln Brown (1864-1947) - Find a Grave Memorial