Charles Albert Brougher was born on June 19, 1824, in Morgan County, Alabama.
[1][2][3] He was the son of Frederick, who represented Tippah County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1842 to 1844,[4] and Mary Ann Brougher.
[3] Brougher was appointed to the office of Secretary of State of Mississippi on January[7] or April[8] 16, 1860, to fill in the vacancy left by the death of Secretary of State B. R. Webb, who died on January 16, 1860, only 6 days after he was appointed.
[8] His tenure in office ended when Union Army colonel Alexander Warner was appointed Secretary of State by the military in June 1865.
[8] Brougher died of an unknown disease in his home in Jackson, Mississippi, at 3 PM on November 25, 1891.