page_title: Joseph E. Brown
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph E. Brown / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Statue of Georgia Civil War governor Joseph E. Brown and his wife--said to be of the few husband-and-wife statues in the world. It is located on southwest corner of the Georgia state capitol square. &lt;a href="http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/statues/joebrown.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/statues/joebrown.htm&lt;/a&gt; Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821 – November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891. Governor Brown was a leading secessionist in 1861, taking his state out of the Union and into the Confederacy. A former Whig, and a firm believer in state's rights, he defied the national government's wartime policies. He resisted the Confederate military draft, and tried to keep as many soldiers at home as possible (to fight off invaders, he said). He denounced Confederate President Jefferson Davis as an incipient tyrant. Brown challenged Confederate impressment of animals, goods, and slaves. Several other governors followed his lead. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Brown" rel="nofollow"&gt;en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Brown&lt;/a&gt; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_...
context_page_description: Joseph Emerson Brown, often referred to as Joe Brown, was an attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms. He also served as a United States Senator from that state from 1880 to 1891.
  A former Whig, and a firm believer in slavery and Southern states' rights, Brown was a leading secessionist in 1861, and led his state into the Confederacy. Yet he also defied the Confederate government's wartime policies: he resisted the military draft, believing that local troops should be used only for the defense of Georgia; and denounced Confederate President Jefferson Davis as an incipient tyrant, challenging Confederate impressment of animals and goods to supply the troops, and slaves to work in military encampments and on the lines. Several other governors followed his lead.
  After the American Civil War, Brown joined the Republican Party for a time, and was appointed as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1865 to 1870. Later he rejoined the Democrats, became president of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and began to amass great wealth; he was estimated to be a millionaire by 1880.
context_section_description: Joseph E. Brown died on November 30, 1894 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was honored by lying in state in the state capitol, where many people paid their respects.
  His towering tombstone is in Oakland Cemetery. In 1928, a memorial statue of Brown and his wife was installed on the grounds of the State Capitol.
  His son, Joseph Mackey Brown, would also become governor of Georgia (twice).
  Joseph E. Brown Hall on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens is named in his honor. The building was completed in 1932.
  Joseph Emerson Brown Park in Marietta, Georgia is named for him.
  Emerson, Georgia, referencing the governor's middle name, is named in his honor.
caption: Statue of Georgia Civil War Governor Joseph E. Brown and his wife
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