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{{short description|American politician (1846–1903)}}
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| name          = Joseph O. Brown
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| office        = 40th [[List of mayors of Pittsburgh|Mayor of Pittsburgh]]
| term_start    = November 25, 1901
| term_end      = March 15, 1903
| birth_name    = Joseph Owen Brown
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1846|1|8}}
| birth_place   = [[Tarentum, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1903|3|15|1846|1|8}}
| death_place   = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| resting_place = Bull Creek Cemetery
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| party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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'''Joseph Owen Brown''' (January 8, 1846 – March 15, 1903) served as [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]] from November 25, 1901<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NXlIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cWcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=982%2C536144|title=No startling pledges made by recorder
|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Gazette|date=November 26, 1901|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref> to March 15, 1903.
==Biography==
He was born on January 8, 1846, in what is today [[East Deer Township, Pennsylvania]], just north of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. He served as [[prothonotary]] of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]] from 1880 until 1887. His first political position in Pittsburgh was [[Pittsburgh Police Chief#Public Safety Directors|director of public safety]], a job he obtained in 1887.
Mayor Joseph Brown's administration battled rampant vice within the city with differing degrees of success. The incompetence of the rank and file law enforcers in the city was displayed for everyone to see when the Biddle Brothers made a daring escape from the Pittsburgh jail. The [[Frick Building]] was constructed on [[Grant Street]] during the Joseph Brown term.<ref>"The Spectator and the Topographical City", by Martin Aurand, page 38.</ref>
He died in office from heart failure on March 15, 1903. He was buried at Bull Creek Cemetery, not far away from his hometown, [[Tarentum, Pennsylvania]].
==See also==
*[[List of mayors of Pittsburgh]]
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