{{Short description|American politician (1921–2009)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Raleigh Brown | caption = | state_house = Texas | district = 84-2 | term_start = 1963 | term_end = 1967 | preceded = Roy Truett Latimer | succeeded = Frank Calhoun{{cn|date=August 2025}}{{dubious|date=August 2025}} | office2 = Texas State Judge of 42nd District | term_start2 = 1967 | term_end2 = 1972 | office3 = Justice of Texas 11th Court of Appeals | term_start3 = 1972 | term_end3 = 1986 | birth_date = {{birth date |1921|12|10}} | birth_place = Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|23|1921|10|10}} | death_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Sears|1948|2007|end=died}} | children = Nancy Jennings<br>Betsy Skorburg<br>Julie Denny | party = Democratic | occupation = Attorney, judge, politician | alma_mater = Middle Tennessee State University<br />Vanderbilt University Law School<br />Southern Methodist University Law School | birth_name = Raleigh Holden Brown }}
'''Raleigh Holden Brown''' (December 10, 1921 – May 23, 2009) was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He was member of the Democratic Party who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967,<ref name=":e">{{cite web |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=874|title=Raleigh Brown|work=Texas Legislators: Past & Present |publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library}}</ref> and later became a judge.<ref name=brown>{{cite news|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/may/24/judge-brown-dies-at-87/|title=Judge Brown dies at 87: Abilenean served as state representative|newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News|accessdate=June 11, 2009|archive-date=May 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527122536/http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/may/24/judge-brown-dies-at-87/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Life and career == Raleigh Holden Brown was born on December 10, 1921, in Shreveport, Louisiana.<ref name=":0" /> Brown's ancestry was from Tennessee, where also lived much of his early life.<ref name="obit" /> He graduated with a B.S. degree from Middle Tennessee State College in 1947;<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duA7AQAAIAAJ&q=%22raleigh+brown%22+shreveport |title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory |date=1959 |publisher=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated |pages=4344 |language=en}}</ref> and attended Vanderbilt University Law School and Southern Methodist University Law School for his legal education.<ref name=":0" />
He was admitted to the Texas State Bar in 1951.<ref name=":0" /> Brown was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962, and later became a Texas state judge. He lived in Abilene, Texas.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/may/26/judge-raleigh-holden-brown/|title=Obituary of Raleigh Brown|newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News|accessdate=June 11, 2009|archive-date=June 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602043033/http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/may/26/judge-raleigh-holden-brown/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Former-State-Rep-Raleigh-Brown-Dies.html|title=Former State Rep. Raleigh Brown dies|date=25 May 2009 |publisher=NBC Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=June 11, 2009}}</ref>
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