- Richard Brodhead
Richard Brodhead (
January 5 1811 –September 16 1863 ) was an American lawyer and politician fromEaston, Pennsylvania . He representedPennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father of U.S. RepresentativeJefferson Davis Brodhead .Richard Brodhead was born in
Lehman Township, Pennsylvania . He moved toEaston, Pennsylvania in 1830. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Easton. He was a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839. He was appointed treasurer ofNorthampton County, Pennsylvania in 1841.Broadhead was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the
United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848.Brodhead was elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate . He served as chairman of theUnited States Senate Committee on Claims during the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. and theUnited States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims during Thirty-second Congress. He died in Easton in 1863. Interment inEaston Cemetery .External links
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html The Political Graveyard]
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