{{Short description|American politician (1786–1849)}} {{for|the football player|Titus Brown (American football)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Titus Brown | image = TitusBrown.jpg | state = New Hampshire | district = At-Large | term_start = March 4, 1825 | term_end = March 3, 1829 | predecessor = Matthew Harvey | successor = Joseph Hammons | birth_date = {{birth date|1786|02|11}} | birth_place = Alstead, New Hampshire, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1849|01|29|1786|02|11|mf=yes}} | death_place = Francestown, New Hampshire, U.S. | resting_place = Mill Village Cemetery, Francestown | citizenship = | party = Adams Party | spouse = Jerusha Cadwell Hutchinson Brown | children = 2 | alma_mater = Middlebury College | profession = Attorney<br>Politician | signature = | website = }} '''Titus Brown''' (February 11, 1786 – January 29, 1849) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.
==Early life== Born in Alstead, New Hampshire, Brown graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1811. He then studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Reading, Vermont in 1814.
==Career== Brown moved to Francestown, New Hampshire in 1817 and continued the practice of law. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1820–1825, and was the Solicitor of Hillsborough County 1823–1825 and 1829–1834.
Elected as an Adams Republican candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, Brown was United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829).<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Andrew R.|editor1-last=Dodge|editor2-first=Betty K.|editor2-last=Koed|editor2-link=Betty Koed|title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive|year=2005|publisher=Government Printing Office|page=99|isbn=9780160731761|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA99 |accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> In 1829, he was not a candidate for reelection. After leaving Congress, he was a member of the New Hampshire Senate and served as its president in 1842. He was school superintendent for many years in Francestown<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cochrane, Wood|first1=Warren Robert, George K.|title=History of Francestown, N. H.: From Its Earliest Settlement April, 1758, to January 1, 1891. With a Brief Genealogical Record of All the Francestown Families|year=1895|publisher=J. H. Barker, Printer, 1895|page=290|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=llGDthBQqTMC&pg=PA290 |accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> and also was the chairman of the boards of bank and railroad commissioners at the time of his death.
==Death== Brown died in Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on January 29, 1849 (age 62 years, 353 days). He is interred at Mill Village Cemetery, Francestown, New Hampshire.
==Family life== Son of Elias Jr. and Rebecca Keyes Brown, he married Jerusha Cadwell Hutchinson, and they had two children Linsley Keyes Brown and Emily Hutchinson Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=Titus Brown|url=http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I22423|publisher=2014 Ancestry.com|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref>
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==External list== {{CongBio|B000945}} *[http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/legport3/brown.html Titus Brown (1786–1849)]
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