biography
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Brown, Jerry
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popular name of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr
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| male
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| lived:
| (1938– )
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| biography:
| US governor and political maverick, born in San Francisco, California, USA. The son of California governor ‘Pat’ Brown, he studied at a Jesuit novitiate (1956–60). Torn between contemplation and action, he became a lawyer (1964), then served as secretary of state (1970–4) and governor (Democrat, 1975–83) of California, and as such became known for turning down many perks of office. He would later spend some time in Japan studying Zen Buddhism. During his runs in the 1976 and 1992 Democratic presidential primaries, he campaigned as an ‘outsider’ in politics, stressing the need to eliminate ‘big money’ influence in government, but his populist message was cancelled out by what was perceived as his ‘spacey’ manner. |
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