Facts: - death place: louisville , kentucky , u.s. - relatives: john y. brown , iii , grandson - preceded: district created - resting place: lexington cemetery lexington , kentucky , u.s. - birth name: john young brown , sr. - party: democratic - death date: 16 june 1985 - spouse: dorothy inman brown - district: at-large - term end: january 3 , 1935 - succeeded: district abolished - term start: march 4 , 1933 - state: kentucky - name: john y. brown , sr. . - birth date: 1 february 1900 - children: john y. brown , jr. - birth place: union county , kentucky , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john y. brown , sr. . .
john young brown , sr. -lrb- february 1 , 1900 -- june 16 , 1985 -rrb- was an american attorney and politician .he was a state representative for nearly three decades , serving one term as speaker of the kentucky house of representatives and as majority floor leader during the term of governor edward t. breathitt .he was elected to one term in the u.s. house of representatives from march 4 , 1933 to january 3 , 1935 to an at-large seat elected statewide on a general ticket .he was an unsuccessful candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of kentucky in 1939 and the unsuccessful candidate for the united states senate in 1946 and 1966 .he was a member of the democratic party .