Prentiss M. Brown

Prentiss M. Brown
United States Senator
from Michigan
In office
November 19, 1936 – January 3, 1943
Preceded byJames J. Couzens
Succeeded byHomer S. Ferguson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – November 18, 1936
Preceded byFrank P. Bohn
Succeeded byJohn F. Luecke
Administrator of the Office of Price Administration
In office
1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byLeon Henderson
Succeeded byChester Bowles
Personal details
Born
Prentiss Marsh Brown

(1889-06-18)June 18, 1889
St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1973(1973-12-19) (aged 84)
St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S.
Resting placeLakeside Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarion Walker
ChildrenPrentiss M. Brown, Jr., Paul W. Brown, Jim Brown, Marianna Rudolph, Ruth Evashevski, Barbara Laing, and Patricia Watson.
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Albion College

Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889 – December 19, 1973) was an American lawyer and politician who served three full and one partial term as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan from 1936 to 1943.