Charlie Brown (West Virginia politician)

Charles Gailey Brown III (born June 6, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of West Virginia. First elected in 1984 and reelected in 1988, he resigned in 1989 in exchange for an end to a grand jury investigation into allegations that he lied under oath and into his campaign financial records. He is the older brother of U.S. Senator from Ohio Sherrod Brown.

Charlie Brown
Official portrait, 1985
30th Attorney General of West Virginia
In office
January 14, 1985  August 21, 1989
Governor
Preceded byChauncey H. Browning Jr.
Succeeded byRoger W. Tompkins
Personal details
Born
Charles Gailey Brown III

(1950-06-06) June 6, 1950
Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Alice Sue Hypes
    (m. 1981, divorced)
  • Margery Anne Swanson
    (m. 1997)
RelativesSherrod Brown (brother)
Education
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • author
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