Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss M. Brown | |
|---|---|
| United States Senator from Michigan | |
| In office November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | James J. Couzens |
| Succeeded by | Homer S. Ferguson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – November 18, 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Frank P. Bohn |
| Succeeded by | John F. Luecke |
| Administrator of the Office of Price Administration | |
| In office 1943 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Leon Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Chester Bowles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prentiss Marsh Brown June 18, 1889 St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 1973 (aged 84) St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lakeside Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marion Walker |
| Children | Mariana Rudolph, Ruth Evashevski, James J. Brown, Barbara Laing, Patricia Watson, Prentiss M. Brown, Jr., and Paul Walker Brown |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Albion College |
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889 – December 19, 1973) was an American lawyer and politician who served three full and one partial term as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan from 1936 to 1943.