Daniel Brown (politician)

{{Short description|American Tennessee politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Daniel Brown

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|office1 = 81st Mayor of Knoxville

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|term_start1 = January 10, 2011

|term_end1 = December 17, 2011

|predecessor1 = Bill Haslam

|successor1 = Madeline Rogero

|office2 = Knoxville City Councilman for the Sixth District

|term_start2 = December 19, 2009

|term_end2 = December 20, 2017

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|successor2 =

|birth_name = Daniel Brown

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|12|25}}

|birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = Cathy Smith

|children = 1 daughter

|alma_mater = Austin High School
Tennessee State University

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Daniel Brown (born December 25, 1945) is a former city councilman and former acting mayor of the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was the first African American to serve as mayor.

Brown was born in Knoxville, where he graduated from Austin High School. He attended Tennessee State University, where he received B.S. degree in history. Brown is a Vietnam War veteran and a retiree of the U.S. Postal Service.

He was selected by the council to serve as mayor after Bill Haslam resigned from office in order to pursue his eventually successful campaign for governor,{{cite web|title=Mayor Daniel T. Brown - Sixth District |url=http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/citycouncil/members/dbrown.asp |publisher=City of Knoxville |accessdate=8 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501150259/http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/citycouncil/members/dbrown.asp |archivedate=1 May 2011 }} making Brown the first African American mayor of the city.{{cite web|title=Daniel Brown selected as interim Knoxville mayor |url=http://www.wbir.com/news/article/151727/1/Daniel-Brown-selected-as-interim-Knoxville-mayor |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209115516/http://www.wbir.com/news/article/151727/1/Daniel-Brown-selected-as-interim-Knoxville-mayor |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2013 |publisher=WBIR |accessdate=8 February 2011 }} He did not run for a full term as mayor, but remained on the city council. He was succeeded by Madeline Rogero.