Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826-1885) was a Civil War soldier, wartime United States Senator and later Governor of Missouri, was a cousin of Theodore Gratz of Gratz, Pennsylvania. In 1872, he ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Horace Greeley. The town of Gratz, Kentucky, is named for Benjamin Gratz Brown – the only other community in the United States named for a member of the Gratz family.
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First posted on the Civil War Blog on August 9, 2010.
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