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John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) (2013 nomination)
The first of these two nominations of this article predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.


 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath, starting with  .

The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 18:02, 11 June 2013‎ (UTC)



John Young Brown (1835–1904) represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. He was first elected to the House in 1859, despite not being old enough to serve. An unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1871, he was elected to the House in 1872 and served three consecutive terms. During his final term, he was censured for excoriating Massachusetts Representative Benjamin F. Butler. He was elected governor in 1891, but his administration, and the state Democratic Party, were split between his fellow gold standard supporters and supporters of the free coinage of silver, and he accomplished little. The deaths of two of his children diverted his attention from politics, but a group of Democrats unhappy with party nominee William Goebel nominated him for governor in 1899. After winning a controversial election, Goebel was assassinated, and Brown served as defense counsel for accused assassination conspirator Caleb Powers.

Governor of Kentucky, 1 pt for day of birth, 2 pts for 2+ years featured,
 * Oppose: James Garrard, the *2nd* Governor of Kentucky, is scheduled for June 7 and is a little too close in scope for this to appear quite so soon. At least in my opinion. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 22:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, this happened because Garrard, first suggested in January, was then too close to someone else and moved to here ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The article still gets the 2-point penalty for a recent similar article, so 1 point. BencherliteTalk 22:47, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Edited the blurb to highlight the most important facts of his life; it may be just a hair too long. If this isn't chosen for the requested date because of the proximity to Garrard, at least the blurb is ready for any future nominations. Thanks for thinking of my work! Acdixon (talk · contribs) 13:47, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose the point penalties are the bureaucracy of the page, the support/opposes are the flesh and blood responses of people who care about main page. I'd consider opposing having two governors of American states in the same month. That they were governors of the same state makes this a definite oppose. If this was a significant anniversary, I might consider it, but it can run next year, or on the date of his death, or first election etc. And I note that the coming January 11th will be the 110th anniversary of his death. --Dweller (talk) 10:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * taken, especially the "flesh and blood responses of people who care" vs. point math, remembered for next year this day - as birthday seems more reason to celebrate than day of death, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 11 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose too close. Johnbod (talk) 14:35, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) (2014 nomination)

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 28, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 00:10, 18 June 2014 (UTC)



John Young Brown (1835–1904) represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. He was first elected to the House in 1859, despite not being old enough to serve. An unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1871, he was elected to the House in 1872 and served three consecutive terms. During his final term, he was censured for excoriating Massachusetts Representative Benjamin F. Butler. He was elected governor in 1891, but his administration, and the state Democratic Party, were split between his fellow gold standard supporters and supporters of the free coinage of silver, and he accomplished little. The deaths of two of his children diverted his attention from politics, but a group of Democrats unhappy with party nominee William Goebel nominated him for governor in 1899. After winning a controversial election, Goebel was assassinated, and Brown served as defense counsel for accused assassination conspirator Caleb Powers.
 * Most recent similar articles: 4 April Thaddeus Stevens
 * Main editors: Acdixon
 * Promoted: 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: day of birth, tried 2013 and postponed
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:47, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. High quality article on this deceased politician. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)