Editing John Brown (section)

==Politics and law==
===Australia===
*[[John Brown (New South Wales politician)]] (1821–1896), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
*[[John Alexander Voules Brown]] (1852–1945), member of the South Australian House of Assembly
*[[John Brown (Queensland politician)]] (1881–1949), blacksmith and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
*[[John Brown (Tasmanian politician)]] (1886–1974), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
*[[John Brown (Australian politician)]] (born 1931), member of the Australian House of Representatives

===Canada===
*[[John Brown (Upper Canada politician)]] (1791–1842), Irish-born Canadian politician
*[[John Lothrop Brown]] (1815–1887), Canadian political figure in Nova Scotia
*[[John Brown (Richmond Hill politician)]] (fl. 1870s–1880s), Canadian politician
*[[John Brown (Canadian politician)]] (1841–1905), member of Parliament
*[[John Cameron Brown]] (c. 1843–?), Canadian political figure in New Brunswick
*[[John Cunningham Brown]] (1844–1929), Irish-born political figure in British Columbia
*[[John Brown (Ontario MPP)]] (1849–1924), member of Ontario assembly and mayor of Stratford, Ontario
*[[John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician)]] (1862–1947), Canadian politician
*[[John Livingstone Brown]] (1867–1953), Canadian politician
*[[John G. Brown]] (1900–1958), Ontario politician
*[[John L. Brown (Ontario politician)]] (1921–2004), Canadian politician

===United Kingdom===
*[[John Brown (Wales MP)]] (died c. 1654)
*Sir [[John McLeavy Brown]] (1835–1926), British lawyer and diplomat
*[[John Wesley Brown]] (1873–1944), British MP for Middlesbrough East

===United States===
====Kentucky====
*[[John Brown (Kentucky politician, born 1757)]] (1757–1837), U.S. representative and U.S. senator; member of Continental Congress from Virginia
*[[John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835)]] (1835–1904), Kentucky governor, U.S. representative for Kentucky
*[[John Y. Brown Sr.]] (1900–1985), U.S. representative for Kentucky
*[[John Y. Brown Jr.]] (1933–2022), Kentucky governor
*[[John Young Brown III]] (born 1963), Kentucky Secretary of State

====Other U.S. states====
*[[John Brown (Rhode Island politician)]] (1736–1803), U.S. representative, co-founder of Brown University
*[[John Brown (North Carolina politician)]] (1738–1812), pioneer and statesman
*[[John Brown (Maryland politician)]] (1760–1815), U.S. representative
*[[John Brown (Pennsylvania politician)]] (1772–1845), U.S. representative
*[[Red Brown (politician)]] (1786–1852), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
*[[John W. Brown (New York politician)]] (1796–1875), U.S. representative
*[[John Brown (Cherokee chief)]] (fl. 1830s)
*[[John S. Brown (Michigan politician)]] (born {{circa}} 1810), Michigan state representative
*[[John Brown (mountain man)]] (1817–1889), fur trapper and trader around Pueblo, Colorado from 1841 to 1849
*[[John Henry Brown]] (1820–1895), Texas politician, chaired Texas articles of Secession
*[[John C. Brown]] (1827–1889), Confederate general, Tennessee governor
*[[John S. Brown (Maryland politician)]], American politician
*[[John B. Brown]] (1836–1898), U.S. representative for Maryland
*[[John Robert Brown (Virginia politician)]] (1842–1927), U.S. representative
*[[John Brown (Seminole chief)]] (1842–1919), Seminole chief and Confederate States Army officer
*[[John C. Brown (Ohio politician)]] (1844–1900), American politician
*[[John T. Brown]] (1876–1951), Ohio lieutenant governor
*[[John Robert Brown (judge)]] (1909–1993), member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
*[[John William Brown]] (1913–1993), Ohio governor
*[[John Brown Junior]] (1821–1895), American abolitionist

===Other countries===
*[[John Evans Brown]] (1827–1895), American-born member of New Zealand parliament