Frederick George Bromberg

Frederick George Bromberg (June 19, 1837 - September 4, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in New York City, Bromberg moved with his parents to Mobile, Alabama, in February 1838. He attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard University in 1858. He then studied chemistry at Harvard from 1861-1863, and was a tutor of mathematics there from 1863-1865.

He was appointed treasurer of the city of Mobile in July 1867 by Maj. Gen. John Pope, who commanded the department, and served until January 19, 1869. He served as a member of the Alabama State Senate 1868-1872. He was appointed postmaster of Mobile in July 1869 but was removed in June 1871. He served as chairman of the Alabama delegation to the Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati in 1872 (the party's only national convention).

Bromberg was elected as a Liberal Republican and Democratic Party fusion candidate to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875), largely due to a split in the main Republican vote, defeating Philip Joseph. Bromberg only received 43.59% of the vote in the election. [Dubin, Michael J. "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results". McFarland& Company, Inc., Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina. 1998.]

He unsuccessfully ran against Jeremiah Haralson in 1874. In this race he actually got 46% of the vote, but without a three-way race he lost. He contested the results of the election before Congress but they accepted the results as valid.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Mobile, Alabama. He served as president of the State bar association in 1906.

Bromberg served as the Alabama commissioner of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

He died in Mobile, Alabama, on September 4, 1930 and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

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*United States presidential election, 1872

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