THOMAS BRUEN BROWN
District Attorney

1879-1882

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Thomas Bruen Brown

Thomas Bruen Brown was born in Washington, D.C. on October 25, 1847. He settled in Los Angeles in 1875 after graduating from Princeton University and Columbia University School of Law. Brown defeated Stephen M. White for the Democratic nomination for District Attorney and went on to be elected in 1879. He served two terms. Brown’s chief form of recreation was tending ten acres of orange trees which he owned on Adams Boulevard.

In 1879, Brown married Eleanor T. Patton, sister of George Patton, Jr. who later became District Attorney. They had six children. Brown was one of the founders of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles and was an active Mason and a leader of the Democratic Party in Los Angeles. He died unexpectedly on February 10, 1895 at the age of 45 and is buried in Rosedale cemetery.