United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Unknown1850/1980Portrait of former Georgia Governor Joseph in Brown, in Atlanta, Georgia.Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was a prominent Georgia political leader and judge. Brown was born in South Carolina but was raised in the mountains of north Georgia. After attending Yale Law School he became a Georgia State Senator in 1849 and a judge in Superior Court in 1855. He served four terms as Georgia's Governor from 1857-1865. He served on the Georgia Supreme Court as Chief Justice from 1868-1870, and served in the United States Senate from 1880-1891. He was President of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from 1870-1890.image/jpegVIS 170.001.001ahc170001001.jpgAtlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Atlanta History Photograph CollectionGovernors--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaJudges--GeorgiaPortraitsBeardsJoseph. E. BrownStillImage