Edgar Brown
 Edgar Allan Brown ()
President Pro Tempore
of the South Carolina Senate
Edgar Allan Brown was born on July 11, 1888 near Aiken. He had a law practice in Barnwell and was active in banking. Brown was active in the state and national Democratic Party.

Brown served a total of 50 years as a member of the state legislature. The Senate elected him President Pro Tempore in 1942 and he retained that position until his retirement at the end of the 99th General Assembly.

Brown was Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a strong proponent of fiscal conservatism.

He married Annie Love Sitgraves and they had one child. Brown was fatally injured in an automobile accident in 1975.

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