Graeme Brewer

Name: Graeme A. Brewer Gender: Male Date of Birth: May 6, 1754 Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Marital Status: Single Children: No Ethnicity: Scottish Home State: Connecticut Occupation: Printer Religious Views: Deist Political Views: Jacobin

Early Life
Graeme Arthur Brewer was born to family of Scottish immigrants on May 6, 1754, in Philadelphia. The eldest of three sons, Graeme was, unfortunately, the only son to survive to adulthood. His father, David Brewer, a printer by trade, taught the young Graeme the talents of a gentleman from an early age. He learned the art of rhetoric and philosophy in reading and editing pamphlets published at his father's printing house.

When the American Revolution broke out, Graeme enlisted in the Continental Army. He would serve as a field officer until the war's conclusion, reaching the rank of Major before resigning his commission and returning to take over the family printing house. During his service in the Continental Army, Graeme would meet the future first President of the United States, Joseph Guernsey. Though Brewer and Guernsey had very different political visions for the new nation, Brewer deeply respected and admired his former (and future) commander-in-chief.

Entry into Politics
After taking over the family printing house, David Brewer and Sons, the ambitious young Brewer soon found himself thrust into politics. In this tulmultous period, Brewer would publish and distribute many pampflets supporting the self-styled Jacobin faction of the Pennsylvania legislature, many of which he authored himself. After selling the printing house to his cousin, Brewer relocated to Conneticutt, and founded the Brewer and Black printing house with a close political associate. Finding a prominent position in the Conneticutt political community, Brewer was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

At the Convention, Brewer would meet his longtime political ally, Thomas Frisch. Frisch, the principal author of the Constitution, convinced Brewer to seek national political office after the ratification of the Constitution.

Founding the Radical Party
Following the Constitutional Convention, Brewer joined with Frisch and other Jacobin political allies in New York City in 1788 to found the Radical Party. The Radicals would be the vehicle for Brewer and others with strong commitments to Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. After drafting the Radical Party programme with Frisch, Brewer stood for election to the United States House of Representatives in the district representing Hartford. Brewer would defeat both his Liberal and Democratic opponents in a very close race.