Joseph H. Brownell (April 21, 1854 – March 6, 1925) was an American lumberman, farmer, and politician from New York.
In 1893, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Broome County.
He served in the Assembly in 1894 (when he presented bills to amend the Binghamton charter, make the office of county clerk Broome County a salaried office, create a board of equalization of taxes in the county, authorize the town supervisors to appoint commissioners of equalization, and make appropriations for repairs for a military storehouse in Binghamton),[3] 1895,[4] and 1896.
[1] Brownell was master and senior deacon of the local Freemason lodge and a member of the Knights Templar and the Improved Order of Red Men.
[6] His body was found a month later, on April 9, in the river near Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.