Alexander Brown

Alexander Brown
 			
Representative from Tennessee 			
Term: March 4, 1807 - March 4, 1809			
Preceded By: William Dickson 			
Succeeded By: Pleasant M. Miller 			
Personal Details 			
Born: January 14, 1762 			
Death: December 29, 1821 			
State: Tennessee 			
Party: People's Labour 			
Alexander Brown was a United States Representative for one term. Brown is also remembered as a prominent journalist and Presidential Candidate in the Presidential Election of 1804.
==Political Career==
Alexander Brown was a prominent journalist for the Banks Times in the early 1800s, and in his writings he was recognized as a leader of the upcoming People's Labour Movement.
=== Presidential Campaign ===
The Presidential Election of 1804 was the first that the People's Labour Party participated in, in such election he garnered support from the mixture of the newly formed party. Brown failed to properly campaign outside of the party, and with the incumbency that George Benckendorf gained, Brown only got second place in the Electoral College, third place in the popular vote.
=== House of Representatives ===
Alexander Brown won election to the House in 1806, serving in it only one term before retiring back into journalism.