Walter Brown was a South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 politician and businessman.

Biography

He was born in Smallwood, Fairfield County, South Carolina, May 16, 1920. Son of Boyd and Mary (Tidwell) Brown. Democrat. Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

South Carolina House of Representatives

The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...

; delegate to Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention...

 from South Carolina, 1960

1960 Democratic National Convention

The 1960 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles. In the end, the Kennedy-Johnson ticket was assembled and went on to secure an electoral college victory and a narrow popular vote plurality in the fall over the Republican candidates Richard M...

, 1964

1964 Democratic National Convention

The 1964 Democratic National Convention was the 1964 presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party. It took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey from August 24 to 27, 1964. Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson -- who had been Vice President under...

, 1968

1968 Democratic National Convention

The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Because Democratic President Lyndon Johnson had announced he would not seek a second term, the purpose of the convention was to...

; first director of South Carolina Department of General Services (now Budget and Control Board); vice-president for government affairs of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway); first Trustee Emeritus at the Medical University of South Carolina

Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina opened in Charleston, South Carolina in 1824 as a small private college for the training of physicians. It is one of the oldest continually operating school of medicine in the United States and the oldest in the Deep South...

. Presbyterian. Died, following a stroke, Fairfield County, South Carolina, March 9, 1998. Interment at Bethel Cemetery, Winnsboro, SC. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park in Fairfield County was named for him.

Grandfather of Representative H. Boyd Brown

Boyd Brown

H. Boyd Brown is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Fairfield County, South Carolina.-Bio:Brown graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007, with a degree in Political Science...

, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.