Scott Brown is a prominent American lawyer and politician and served as the US senator from Massachusetts
@Former United States Senator from Massachusetts, Family and Personal Life
Scott Brown is a prominent American lawyer and politician and served as the US senator from Massachusetts
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He married Gail Huff, a news reporter with Boston TV channel WCVB, in 1986. The couple has two daughters – Ayla, born in 1988, a former ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist, and Arianna, born in 1990.
He resides in a colonial-style bungalow in Wrentham, Massachusetts, with his family. The couple owns a six-room house in Rye, New Hampshire, three condos in Brighton, Boston, and a time-share unit on Caribbean Island, Aruba.
Scott Philip Brown was born on September 12, 1959 in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, situated on Seavey’s Island, Kittery, Maine to English immigrants Claude Bruce Brown and Judith Ann.
He shifted to Wakefield, Massachusetts, with his mother after his parents divorced when he was just one. Each of his parents re-married three times. He was brought up by his mother and grandparents.
He visited his father at Newburyport, Massachusetts, who worked as a city councilor for nearly 18 years and assisted him on political campaigns for state office.
He completed his schooling from Wakefield High School in 1977, after which he attended Tufts University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1981.
He studied law at Boston College Law School and earned his Juris Doctor in 1985.
He joined Massachusetts Army National Guard in 1978, after being inspired by the rescue efforts of Army National Guard, where he took ROTC classes for training in infantry, quartermaster and airborne duties at Northwestern University.
He was elected as the property assessor of Wrentham, Massachusetts in 1992. It was during this time that he was bitten by the political bug and was elected to the Wrentham Board of Selectmen, in 1995.
In 1994, he joined the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) and rose to the post of lieutenant colonel, with brief deployments in Paraguay in 2005 and Kazakhstan in 2007. After 35 years of service, he retired from the Army in 2014.
In 1998, he was successfully elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he represented 9th Norfolk District for three terms.
He gradually moved up the state politics through his victory in the March 2004 special election, replacing Cheryl Jacques, in the Massachusetts State Senate. He successfully won the reelection in November, followed by in 2006 and 2008.
His surprise win in the 2010 special elections made him the first Republican to represent the US Senate from Massachusetts, after Edward Brooke in 1972.
As a legislator, he introduced a check-off box in the State income tax form allowing veterans to indicate whether they served in Afghanistan or Iraq wars, known as the ‘Welcome Home’ bonus, making them eligible for $1000.
Even though he maintained a low profile, post his election, he managed to get the Democrat sponsored ‘jobs bill’ passed by the Senate in 2010, despite being one of the only five Republicans who supported the motion.
Scott Brown is a prominent American lawyer and politician and served as the US senator from Massachusetts. He defeated the Democratic candidate, Martha Coakley, in the 2010 special election to succeed U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2013. He came into limelight, through his straight-forward and open-minded ideology and principles. He credits his distinct individuality to his difficult childhood and determined dreams which helped him shape his career and ambition. Despite being a talented and sharp student, he took up modeling during his college days to finance his study program and earn his degrees. Even though he was trained to serve as a defense counsel in the US army, he gradually took to politics and fought elections to enter US Senate as a Republican. He completed a full Senate term in 2012, but lost in re-elections in 2012 and 2014, thereby becoming the first man to lose two consecutive senate elections to women. After retiring from politics, he took up private practice and work with FOX News channel. His conservative takes on abortion for rape victims, opposition against gay rights, implementation of death penalty for criminals, suggestion of tax cutting for creation of new jobs landed him in major controversies time and again.
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Birthday | September 12, 1959 |
Nationality | American |
Famous | Former United States Senator from Massachusetts, Republicans, Boston College, Lawyers & Judges, Political Leaders |
Ideologies | Republicans |
City/State | Maine |
Spouses | Gail Huff |
Known as | Scott Philip Brown |
Childrens | Arianna Brown, Ayla Brown |
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Birth Place | Kittery |
Height | 188cm |
Gender | Male |
Father | Claude Bruce Brown |
Mother | Judith Ann Rugg |
Sun Sign | Virgo |
Born in | Kittery |
Famous as | Former United States Senator from Massachusetts |