Charlie Brown (West Virginia politician)

Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown
	Official portrait, 1985
30th Attorney General of West Virginia
	In office; January 14, 1985 – August 21, 1989
Governor	Arch A. Moore Jr.; Gaston Caperton;
Preceded by	Chauncey H. Browning Jr.
Succeeded by	Roger W. Tompkins
Personal details
Born	Charles Gailey Brown III; June 6, 1950 (age 74); Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Alice Sue Hypes (m. 1981, divorced); Margery Anne Swanson (m. 1997);
Relatives	Sherrod Brown (brother)
Education	Denison University (BA); Yale Law School (JD);
Occupation	Lawyer; politician; author;
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Charles Gailey Brown III (born June 6, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of West Virginia. First elected in 1984 and reelected in 1988, he resigned in 1989 in exchange for an end to a grand jury investigation into allegations that he lied under oath and into his campaign financial records.^[1] He is the older brother of U.S. Senator from Ohio Sherrod Brown.^[2]

References

^ "State's Attorney, In a Deal, Resigns". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 23, 1989. p. A14. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ Underwood, Jim (November 13, 1984). "In politics, the Brown brothers seem to do things in a big way". Mansfield News Journal. pp. 1A, 14A. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[1] "State's Attorney, In a Deal, Resigns". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 23, 1989. p. A14. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[2] Underwood, Jim (November 13, 1984). "In politics, the Brown brothers seem to do things in a big way". Mansfield News Journal. pp. 1A, 14A. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

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