district death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party profession state_house birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
55th rockford , illinois 15 january 1891 seiden m. church cumberland , england abram i. enoch republican lawyer illinois june 1 , 1819 1864 rockford , illinois william brown -lrb- illinois politician -rrb-
 1866 william brown
william brown -lrb- illinois politician -rrb-

william brown -lrb- june 1 , 1819 -- january 15 , 1891 -rrb- was an english american businessman and politician .
he served one term in the illinois house of representatives from 1864 to 1866 , then was elected mayor of rockford , illinois for one term .
brown was elected to the illinois circuit courts in 1870 and served there until his death in 1891 .
