Daniel Brewster
Daniel Baugh Brewster (born
November 23,
1923) was a
Democratic member of the
United States Senate, representing the
State of Maryland from
1963 until
1969. He was also a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates from
1950-
1958, and a representative from the
2nd congressional district of Maryland in the
United States House of Representatives from
1959-
1963.
Born in
Baltimore County, Maryland, he was educated at the
Gilman School in
Baltimore City and St. Paul's School in
Concord, New Hampshire. He attended college at
Princeton University, and
Johns Hopkins University.
In
1942, during the
Second World War, Brewster enlisted as a
private in the
United States Marine Corps. He was commissioned as a
second lieutenant in
1943 and served until
1946.
After the War, Brewster graduated from the
University of Maryland Law School and was admitted to the
Bar in
1949, commencing law practice in
Towson, Maryland soon after.
Brewster was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1950. He served until 1958, at which time he chose to run for the House of Representatives from the 2nd district of Maryland. He was elected to the Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh Congresses, serving from 1959 to 1963.
In
1962, Brewster was elected to the United States Senate and served from 1963 to 1969. He was defeated in the 1968 election by
Charles Mathias, Jr.Brewster was indicted in 1969 and pleaded
no contest in
1975 to a
felony charge of accepting an
illegal gratuity while a United States Senator.
