Not to be confused with Albert Gallatin Jenkins, another Confederate historical figure also referenced in The Guns of the South.
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Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813 – June 12, 1880) was an American educator and politician in the Democratic Party. He served as Governor of Mississippi (1844-1848), a U.S. Representative (1839-1841 and 1847-1853), and a U.S. Senator (1854-1861). During his lifetime, Brown was one of the most popular and the most influential Mississippians. A champion of literacy for all white people, he helped to establish a public school system and the University of Mississippi. He was also a "fire eater" who advocated with an almost religious fervor for the expansion of the American slave economy into the "Golden Circle" of Mexico, Cuba, and Central America.
When Mississippi seceded from the Union to join the Confederate States, Brown served first as a captain in the Confederate States Army, and then in the Confederate States Senate from 1862 until 1865, the end of the American Civil War.
Albert Gallatin Brown in The Guns of the South[]
Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1868) was the second Vice President of the Confederate States, and, along with Robert E. Lee, he was a founder of the Confederate Party. Brown was killed on March 4, 1868, just minutes after his inauguration.
Brown entered politics as governor of Mississippi, serving from 1844 to 1848. He served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 through 1861. When Mississippi seceded and joined the Confederate States, Brown was elected to the Confederate senate. In the years immediately following the Second American Revolution, Brown distinguished himself as an eloquent critic of President Jefferson Davis.
In 1867, presidential candidate Robert E. Lee asked Senator Brown to be his running mate, believing the man to be moderate enough on the question of slavery to help him with his plans for limited abolition. Brown was surprised, given his antagonistic relationship with Davis. Moreover, he was not immediately willing to accept the offer until Lee justified his views on slavery and how exactly he intended to act against it. To Lee's mild embarrassment, he was only familiar with Brown's Confederate voting record, not his extremely pro-slavery Union record. But his arguments on how slavery posed an eventual risk to their country and plans for a non-confiscatory solution, combined with Brown's own political ambitions, convinced the senator to join his campaign.
Brown helped birth the country's first political party, the Confederate Party. The ticket was elected in a close election. However, on March 4, 1868, just minutes after Brown was sworn in, a group of Rivington Men (the suppliers of the AK-47s that gave the C.S. victory) attacked the inauguration. Brown was killed in the spray of bullets.
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| Preceded by Tilghman Tucker |
Governor of Mississippi 1844–1848 |
Succeeded by Joseph W. Matthews |
| Preceded by Walker Brooke |
United States Senator from Mississippi 1854-1861 |
Succeeded by A period of vacancy then Hiram Rhodes Revels |
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| Preceded by Alexander Stephens |
Vice President of the Confederate States March 4, 1868 (killed minutes after being sworn in) |
Succeeded by Office vacant for remainder of novel |
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