J. Marshall Brown
| J. Marshall Brown | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 12 (Orleans Parish) |
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In office 1952–1960 |
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| Preceded by | James L. Earhart |
| Succeeded by | Moon Landrieu |
| Louisiana Democratic National Committeeman | |
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In office 1964–1972 |
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| Succeeded by | Leon Irwin, III |
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| Born | 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | Date and place of death missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Blanche Crosby Brown (divorced) |
| Relations | Hewitt Bouanchaud (wife's great-uncle) |
| Children | Cindy Brown |
| Residence | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
J. Marshall Brown (1924 - deceased prior to 2013) was an insurance agent from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 12 in his native Orleans Parish from 1952 to 1960.
In 1959, Brown announced that he would run for governor of Louisiana, but he soon withdrew from the race ultimately won by former Governor Jimmie Davis.
From 1964 to 1972, Brown was the Louisiana Democratic National Committeeman. He was an active supporter of the Kennedy-Johnson, Johnson-Humphrey, and Humphrey-Muskie tickets in 1960, 1964, and 1968, the first of those having been the only one to win Louisiana's then ten electoral votes.
At the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Brown led the state delegation in opposition to the seating of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, rather than the Mississippi state party regulars. However, there was no walkout considered by the Louisiana delegation in support of the Mississippians when two MFDP delegates were seated as at-large members. A walkout over the civil rights plank had occurred at the 1948 party convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which led to the third party bid by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who challenged U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
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