Facts: - preceded: '' district created '' - party: republican - death date: 23 october 1909 - district: 32nd - term end: march 3 , 1905 - succeeded: andrew j. barchfeld - birth date: 14 july 1844 - state: pennsylvania - name: james w. brown ii - term start: march 4 , 1903 - birth place: pittsburgh , pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james w. brown .
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james w. brown ii -lrb- july 14 , 1844 -- october 23 , 1909 -rrb- was a republican member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania .he -lrb- son-in-law of thomas marshall howe -rrb- was born in pittsburgh , pennsylvania .he worked in the iron and steel industry and served as vice president of the crucible steel company .he was also engaged in banking , and was trustee of the dollar savings bank .james w. brown ii was a member of the south fork fishing and hunting club , whose earthen dam failed in may 1889 , causing the johnstown flood .at the time of the johnstown flood , brown was the secretary and treasurer of the hussey , howe and company steel works ltd. .brown was married to clara palmer howe , the eighth child of u.s. representative thomas marshall howe and mary ann palmer .james w. brown ii was the great-great-grandson of fur trader and indian agent/interpreter thomas mckee , who served under general forbes at fort pitt circa 1758 .he was also brother-in-law to pittsburgh mayor and american ambassador to japan , george w. guthrie .brown was elected as an independent republican to the fifty-eighth congress .he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904 .he resumed his former business pursuits and served as president of the colonial steel company .he died at point mouille , michigan .interment in allegheny cemetery in pittsburgh .