J.J. Brown

John Judson Brown was born in Hart County, Georgia, in 1865. A lifelong farmer, J.J. Brown rose to become mayor of Bowman, Georgia. He served as Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture from 1917-1927, having been elected to five consecutive two year terms. During his tenure, he pushed for crop diversification, land ownership for tenant farmers and fought for a more progressive land tax. He also founded the Georgia Farm Market Bulletin. J.J. Brown was a friend and political ally of Thomas E. Watson and served as Vice President of Watson’s Jeffersonian Publishing Company.