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Robert Lewis Brown Sr. (May 25, 1892 – April 2, 1948) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Phillipsburg, Montana, Brown received an LL.B. from State University of Montana in 1916. He was a County attorney for Granite County, Montana from 1916 to 1918. He was in private practice in Philipsburg from 1918 to 1924. He was a contract miner for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte, Montana in 1925, returning to private practice in Butte, Montana from 1925 to 1945. He was an Assistant county attorney of Silver Bow County, Montana from 1932 to 1934, and was then an assistant United States Attorney of the District of Montana from 1934 to 1945.
On March 12, 1945, Brown was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Montana vacated by James H. Baldwin. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 1945, and received his commission on April 7, 1945, serving thereafter until his death.