Walter Frederick Brown (born July 28, 1926) was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA in 2004. He was a state Senator in Oregon as a Democrat (1974-1986) and was a Socialist Party candidate for U.S. Congress in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Party USA (SP USA) is one of the heirs to the Socialist Party of America of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas. ... Presidential election results map. ... A State Senator is a member of a state Senate, the upper legislative chamber in the government of a U.S. state. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political...

Family background

Brown was born in Los Angeles, California, to Walter Andrew Brown (August 11, 1897 - November 10, 1978), an auto mechanic and truck driver (and, later, a lawyer) and his wife Emily Anna Weber (October 30, 1897 - February 25, 1978), an elementary school teacher. Walt has one brother and two sisters. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

His mother was born in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, to Frederick W. Weber and his wife Hattie A. Badouxe or Badouse. Frederick was born to Fred Weber and Anna Gunther. Both his parents were born in countries of the German Confederation during the 1830s. Hattie was born to Louis Badoux and his wife Emma P. Cooper. Vanderburgh County is a county located in the state of Indiana. ... The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to organize the surviving states of the Holy Roman Empire, which had been abolished in 1806. ...

Louis was born in Switzerland and later immigrated to the United States. He was reportedly a veteran of the American Civil War. By 1883 Louis had been declared an invalid for unknown reasons. He was receiving a pension. His wife Emma was listed as a widow in an 1889 census. Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

Walter F. Brown married Barbara May Porter Stahmann (September 16, 1922 - January 12, 1999) on August 6, 1953. They had three sons, Jeff, Kendall, and David. After the death of Barbara from the ravages of a brain tumour, Walt Brown eventually remarried Mary Brown on March 29, 2003. // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Military career and education

On June 15, 1944, at the age of seventeen, Walt Brown enlisted for active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a radio technician. After eleven months of technical school, Brown was deployed to the USS Carter Hall, stationed in Shanghai, China. In June 1946, he was discharged and went into the inactive Naval Reserve. In the Naval Reserve, Brown became an Electronic Technician Radar Tuner. At roughly the same time (September 1946 to January 1952), he attended the University of California, earning a B.A. (law) in June of 1949 (cum laude), and a J.D. in 1952. is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin:  ; Wu (Long-short): ZÃ¥nhae; Shanghainese (IPA): ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the seventh largest in the world. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years...

In the spring of 1952, Brown was called back to military duty to serve in the Korean War, with a commission to Ensign, GSNR duty. He volunteered for active duty. Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders... Ensign is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. ...

After fifteen years of commissioned duty, during which time he served as a public defender; a trial prosecutor; an appellate criminal attorney in Washington, D.C.; an instructor at the U.S. School of Naval Justice in Rhode Island; a legal officer for the U.S. Naval Station in the Philippines; and a general court martial judge in San Diego, California, he retired with the rank of Commander from the JAG Corps, US Navy in 1970. In the United States, a public defender is a lawyer whose duty is to provide legal counsel and representation to indigent defendants in criminal cases who are unable to pay for legal assistance. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... “RI” redirects here. ... Nickname: Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: , Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer... Judge Advocate Generals Corps, also known as JAG, can refer to the judicial arm of any of the United States armed forces, consisting of autonomous departments in the Air Force, Army, United States Coast Guard and Navy. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

In 1961, he received an MA from Boston University, and an MLS from the University of Oregon School of Librarianship in 1975. For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. ...

Attorney career

After his extensive service in military law and courts, Walt Brown was hired as an associate professor at the Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, teaching from 1970 to 1980. The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. ... Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. ...

From 1979 to 1980, he was the Malheur County Counsel and Deputy District Attorney and was General Counsel of the Oregon Consumer League, 1987-1989, and 1991-1999. Malheur County is a county located in the southeast corner of the state of Oregon. ... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ...

He is currently (as of 2005) the General Counsel for the Socialist Party USA and a volunteer Attorney with the Consumer Justice Alliance (from 2000-present). The Socialist Party USA (SP USA) is one of the heirs to the Socialist Party of America of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas. ...

Oregon Senate Campaigns

Walt Brown served three terms in the Oregon State Senate, elected as a Democrat, from 1974 to 1986. Probably his greatest victory in the Senate came in 1975: the world's first ban on ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); a ban which served as a model for several other governments and which predated the more apocalyptic warnings that later came from scientists. The Oregon State Senate chamber in the State Capitol. ... It has been suggested that Ozone generator be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see CFC (disambiguation). ... Possible meanings: Certified Financial Consultant Chelsea Football Club Child and Family Canada Chlorofluorocarbon Combined Federal Campaign haloalkane This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

As proposed, the ban went into effect in 1977 in Oregon, allowing the Oregon Legislative Assembly to make any needed adjustments (such as to allow CFCs to continue to be used in inhalers for people with asthma). Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. ...

1998-2004 congressional campaigns

Walt Brown has run four times against incumbent Earl Blumenauer. Now running as a Socialist against an entrenched and monied Democrat, Brown has at most received around 10,000 votes, about 1/12th of what would be needed to unseat Blumenauer. For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is a Democratic U.S. representative from Oregon, representing the 3rd congressional district. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic...

Vote totals in Congressional campaigns:

• 1998: 10,199
• 2000: 4,703
• 2002: 6,588
• 2004: 10,678

2004 presidential campaign

Walt Brown was elected to be the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA). A major rift within SPUSA was created over Brown's position on abortion: the Socialist Party calls for 'access to abortion', while Brown wanted to amend the then-current third-term ban by adding a provision that the ban should have an exemption for women whose lives are at risk if they go to term. Brown did agree to run on the Party's platform, however, and the National Committee of the Socialist Party USA sent a 'directive' to the campaign, ordering no deviation from what the platform says -- creating some odd instances when during debates, he would read from a printout of the Party program rather than state his own opinion. The Socialist Party USA (SP USA) is one of the heirs to the Socialist Party of America of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas. ...

Walt Brown attempted to gain the nomination of California's Peace and Freedom Party ballot line, he was rebuffed in favor of incarcerated Native American activist Leonard Peltier. He was able to secure the remaining ballot lines of the United States Natural Law Party. United States Peace and Freedom Party logo The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a ballot-listed minor political party in California. ... Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... Leonard Peltier behind bars. ... The United States Natural Law Party was a United States political party affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. ...

Despite all of the challenges surrounding the campaign, the Brown-Herbert ticket survived a recall effort within the party that would have placed Mary Alice Herbert as the Presidential candidate. He went on to earn more votes than any of the Party's presidential candidates since 1952. The Socialist Party has run candidates for president every election cycle 1900 through 1956, and then again 1976 through 2004. Mary Alice Mal Herbert (born February 28, 1935) ran for Vice President as the candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2004. ...

Though Walt Brown's total of just 10,837 votes was a far cry from Eugene V. Debs' near 6% showing in 1912 (over 900,000 votes), it was still more than double the SPUSA's 5,040 vote presidential average for candidates since 1976, with the previous best being just 6,898 for David McReynolds and Diane Drufenbrock in 1980 (McReynolds ran again for president on the SPUSA ticket in 2000, earning just 5,602 votes, and he also ran as the Green Party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004). Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American labor and political leader, one of the founders of the International Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States. ... David McReynolds David McReynolds (born October 25, 1929) is an American socialist politician. ... Sister Diane Drufenbrock is a Franciscan nun and Christian socialist. ...

Current activities

Walt Brown serves as the Chair of the Action Committee of the Socialist Party of Oregon, but is a voting member on the Executive Committee of same. He served as the President of the Eastside Democratic Club (not affiliated with the Democratic Party), Counsel for the Socialist Party USA and Oregon Consumer League, a volunteer in the Consumer-Justice Alliance, and a frequent volunteer at the St. Francis Dining Hall in Portland. The Socialist Party of Oregon (SPO) is a minor political party in the U.S. state of Oregon affiliated with the Socialist Party U.S.A..[1] As of November, 2006, the party was recognized by the Oregon State Elections Division as a less than statewide nominating party, having failed... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... The Socialist Party USA (SP USA) is one of the heirs to the Socialist Party of America of Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas. ...

Sources

• Interview with Walter Frederick Brown, January 4, 2005
• Records of the Socialist Party USA
• Records of the Oregon Consumer League
• Ballot Access News
• Genealogical databases
• Oregon Secretary of State web page

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External links

• Oregon Consumer League
• Socialist Party USA