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Brown was born in Schoolcraft, Michigan to a family with a political background in Michigan. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Lakin Brown, and his grandfather, Addison Makepeace Brown, both served in the Michigan State Legislature.

During World War II, Brown served in the Twenty-fourth Infantry Division of the United States Army as second lieutenant in Japan. After the war, he worked for the FBI before earning a B.A. from Kalamazoo College in 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We and a LL.BThe degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. It is abbreviated LL. is abbreviation for the plural legum (of laws); thus LL. stands for Legum Baccalaureus in Latin. In the United States it is sometime from George Washington University Law School in 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati. He was admitted to the bar in 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati and commenced practice in KalamazooKalamazoo is a city located in Kalamazoo County in southwest Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 77,145. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County 6. Name Origin The city is named after the Kalamazoo River, but no one is ce. He was commissioner of the United States District Court for the western district of Michigan, 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t- 1962 and was a delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1961- 1962. He served two terms in the Michigan State Senate, 1962- 1966, where he was minority floor leader and chairman of the Republican senate policy committee.

In 1966, Brown defeated incumbent Democrat Paul H. Todd, Jr. to be elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd District for the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd District for the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1979. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978, losing to Democrat Howard E. Wolpe . He resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Washington, D.C. until his death. He is interred in Schoolcraft, Michigan.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.