Henry Billings Brown

Henry Billings Brown (born March 2, 1836, South Lee, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 4, 1913, Bronxville, New York) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1890–1906). Brown was admitted to the bar in 1860 in Detroit and the following year appointed deputy U.S. marshal there. Two years later he was named assistant U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Michigan. He served in this capacity until 1868 when, after a brief period as...