Biography
Anthony Brown is the incumbent Democratic Attorney General of Maryland, seeking a second term. A Harvard-educated lawyer and Army veteran, he previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates, as lieutenant governor under Gov. Martin O'Malley, and for three terms in the U.S. House before taking office as attorney general in January 2023.[1][2][3]
Brown served in the U.S. Army as an aviation officer from 1984 to 1989 and later in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he retired as a colonel after serving as an aviator and Judge Advocate General.[2][4] He earned an A.B. in 1984 and a J.D. in 1992, both from Harvard University.[2][5]
Brown served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1999 to 2007 and as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015.[3][4] He represented Maryland's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023.[1][3][4]
He assumed office as Maryland's 47th Attorney General on January 3, 2023.[4]
- 1.Rutledge faces steep climb to unseat Brown in low-key attorney general's race · Maryland Matters · 2026-10-13 News report
- 2.Maryland Manual On-Line (2014 edition): Anthony G. Brown · Maryland State Archives (Maryland Manual On-Line) · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 3.Anthony G. Brown, MSA SC 3520-2768 · Maryland State Archives (Archives of Maryland Biographical Series) · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 4.About the Attorney General Anthony G. Brown · Maryland Office of the Attorney General · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 5.Anthony G. Brown · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
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