Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr.

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Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr., a Republican Representative from the Seventh District of Ohio; born in Columbus, Ohio, June 18, 1927; attended the public schools in Blanchester, Ohio; also attended Stoddard Elementary, Gordon Junior High, and Western High School in Washington, D.C.; graduated from Duke University in 1947; Harvard Business School, M.A., 1949; served in the United States Navy, 1944-1946 (V-12 Program), and again in 1950-1953 in the Korean War; worked for Brown Publishing Company. and newspaper business from youth to 1953 and 1957 to present, serving as president, 1965-1976, and chairman of the board, 1976 to present; co-owner of Franklin, Ohio, Chronicle, 1953-1959; farm owner; general manager radio station in Urbana, Ohio, 1965; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1984; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative Clarence J. Brown Sr., and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (November 2, 1965-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Ohio, losing to Richard Celeste because he seemed unfamiliar and out of touch with much of the state from his long years in Washington. Ronald Reagan appointed him Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Acting Secretary of Commerce, serving 1983-1988; member, board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 1988-1989; president and chief executive officer, United States Capitol Historical Society, 1992-1999. (above taken, with some modifications from bioguide.congress.gov)

Brown's son Clancy Brown, now chairman of the board of Brown Publishing Company, is an actor. Another of Brown's sons, Roy, serves as President and CEO of the company.

This man is not related to the film director of the same name.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.