Charles Hillyer Brand (April 20, 1861 - May 17, 1933) was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person

Brand was born in Loganville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1881. Loganville is a city located mostly in Walton County with a small portion of the city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule The University of Georgia ( UGA) is a public research University located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, US, in the northeastern part of the state at the intersection of U He was admitted to the state bar in 1882.

In 1894 and 1895, Brand served in the Georgia Senate and was the president pro tempore of that body. The Georgia State Senate is the Upper house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state Legislature of Georgia) Pro tempore or pro tem is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English Brand was also involved in the banking industry as president and director of the Brand Banking Co. in Lawrenceville, Georgia, director of the Georgia National Bank and of the American State Bank in Athens. Lawrenceville is a city in and the County seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. Brand was the solicitor general of the western district of Georgia from 1896 through 1904 and succeeded Richard B. Russell, Sr. as the judge of the state superior court in 1906. Richard Brevard Russell Sr ( April 27, 1861 – December 3, 1938) was and American Lawyer, Legislator, He served in that position until 1917.

Brand was then elected as a Democratic representative of Georgia's 8th congressional district in the 65th United States Congress and served seven consecutive terms in that district. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Georgia's 8th congressional district is a United States political division represented in the 110th Congress by Jim Marshall. Dates of sessions March 4, 1917 - March 4, 1919 Special session of the Senate March 5, 1917 - March 16 After congressional apportionment in 1932, Brand successfully ran for an eighth term in Georgia's newly redrawn 10th congressional district. United States congressional apportionment is the redistribution of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives among the 50 states in consequence Georgia's 10th congressional district is located in northeastern Georgia and includes the cities of Athens, Evans, Augusta, Watkinsville He died in Athens while still in office and was buried in Shadow Lawn Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Lawrenceville is a city in and the County seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States.

References

• Charles Hillyer Brand at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Charles Hillyer Brand at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.1159-1160