Joseph Stanley Brown, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Stanley Brown

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1858

Date of Death: 17-May-1941

Profession: geologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joseph Stanley Brown

  • Joseph Stanley Brown served as private secretary to the twentieth President of the United States, James A.
  • Garfield.
  • He would completely devote himself to Garfield, as seen when Garfield asked "What can I do for you?" at their first meeting, prompting Brown to respond, " "It's not what you can do for me, but what I can do for you, sir.
  • " Brown would serve as Garfield's secretary during his brief presidency, controlling the office-seekers that ran rampant due to the spoils system, which Garfield's vice president Chester Arthur would eventually reform.
  • He married President Garfield's daughter Mary "Mollie" Garfield in 1888.

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