Neill S. Brown (1850-1853)

1850-53

A native of Tennessee, Neill Smith Brown was Governor of that state from 1847-49. He was nominated as Minister by President Zachary Taylor, but served under President Millard Fillmore. Brown's younger brother John Calvin Brown was a Confederate Army General during the Civil War. During Brown's tour of duty in St. Petersburg, Russia closed its outpost of Fort Ross in California.