COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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George L.   Brown

Chamber:House,Senate
Political Party:Democrat
Occupation:Journalist; Governmental Executive
Leadership Position:
Senate Minority Caucus Leader: 1973 -74


House
Years Served House:1955; 1956
District #:no district numbers until 1964
Number of Years:1 yr. 5 mos.
General Assembly #:40th
Counties:
Senate
Years Served:1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974
District #:01 (1957 -1962); 06 (1963 -1964); 03 (1965 -1966); 01 (1967 -1968); 06 (1969 -1972); 03 (1973 -1974)
Number of Years:18
General Assembly #:41st; 42nd; 43rd; 44th; 45th; 46th; 47th; 48th; 49th
Counties:Denver
Other government positions held:
Lieutenant Governor: 1975-78

Notes About Member's Term:7/14/1955 -- Appointed to fill House vacancy of Elvin Caldwell who resigned.
Gender:Male
Birth year and Place:1925
Lawrence KS

City of Residence:Denver
Date of Death:03/30/2006
Place of Death:Boca Raton, FL
Notes:
1st African - American elected to Colorado Senate; Nation's first black lieutenant governor in 1975; ex-wife Rosemary Marshall was a state representative.

Committees
House Standing1956 --Appropriations; Local Government

Senate Standing1957 -- Finance; Labor; Local Government; State Affairs; State Institutions & Public Buildings; Veterans & Military Affairs
1958 -- Finance; Labor; Local Government; State Affairs; State Institutions & Public Buildings; Veterans & Military Affairs
1959 -- State Affairs (Chair); Finance; Industrial Affairs; Labor; Local Government; Veterans & Military Affairs
1960 -- State Affairs (Chair); Finance; Industrial Affairs; Labor; Local Government; Veterans & Military Affairs
1961 -- Finance (Chair); Appropriations; Veterans & Military Affairs; State Affairs
1962 -- Finance (Chair); Appropriations; Veterans & Military Affairs; State Affairs
1963 -- Finance; Industrial Affairs; Local Government; State Affairs
1964 -- Finance; Industrial Affairs; Local Government; State Affairs
1965 -- Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining
1966 -- Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Mining
1967 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Transportation; Water
1968 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Finance; Game Fish & Parks; Transportation; Water
1969 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Appropriations; Finance; Institutions; Transportation
1970 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Appropriations; Finance; Institutions; Transportation
1971 -- Appropriations; Finance; Local Government; State Affairs
1972 -- Appropriations; Finance; Local Government; State Affairs
1973 -- Appropriations; Game Fish & Parks; Local Government
1974 -- Appropriations; Game Fish & Parks; Local Government; State Affairs

Joint/Statutory1961 -- Joint Sub-Committee on Appropriations (Vice-chair) (63-2-18, 1953 C.R.S.)  
1962 -- Joint Sub-Committee on Appropriations (Vice-chair) (63-2-18, 1953 C.R.S.)
1963 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1964 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)  
1965 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1966 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1967 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1968 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1969 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)
1970 -- Joint Budget Committee (63-2-17, 1963 C.R.S.)

Interim1957 -- Revised Classification Plan & Salaries State Employees (SJR 14); Child Welfare (HJR 11)
1958 -- Child Welfare (HJR 11)
1959 -- Children's Laws (HJR 8)
1960 -- Children's Laws  (HJR 8 (1959))
1962 -- Nursing Home Study (Vice-chair) (SB 48)
1963 -- Medical Care for Aged (SJR 21); Tax Revision (HJR 25)
1967 -- Open Records (SJR 42)
1971 -- Local Government (HJR 1033); Personnel System (Vice-chair) (HB 1246)
1972 -- Local Government  (SJR 11); Personnel System (Vice-chair) (SJR 11)
1973 -- Land Use Personnel
1974 -- Energy