Cathy Gordon Brown

Cathy Gordon Brown was an Independent candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 2000, with ballot access only in her home state of Tennessee where she received 1,606 votes, which was more than either third party candidates Howard Phillips (Constitution Party) and John Hagelin (Natural Law Party), or fellow Tennessee independent Randall Venson received. Brown's running mate was Sabrina R. Allen. The Federal Election Commission had Brown listed as a resident of Old Hickory, Tennessee. According to the "Tennessee Blue Book", the Brown-Allen ticket only had one Elector, even though Presidential candidates in Tennessee are allowed eleven electors.

Cathy was born March 18, 1965 in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the Granddaughter of Country Music Hall of Famer Jess Easterday and the daughter of published writer Wilma Jean Gordon. She's been married since 1985 to Michael Brown and has one son, Benjamin Lee Brown, born in 1986.