Henry P. H. Bromwell

Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (August 26, 1823 - January 7, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bromwell moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1824, and thence to Cumberland, Illinois, in 1836.He attended private schools in Ohio and Illinois, and Marshall Academy, Marshall, Illinois. Becoming an instructor in that academy in 1844.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Vandalia, Illinois. Edited his father's newspaper for several years.He served as judge of Fayette County 1853-1857. Took an active part in the founding and building of the Republican Party.He moved to Charleston, Illinois, in 1857.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1870.

Bromwell was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1868.He moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1870 and continued the practice of law.He served as president of the Denver School Board 1871-1874.He served as member of the Territorial council in 1874.He served as delegate to the constitutional convention of Colorado in 1875.He declined the office as judge of Arapahoe County in 1878 and the appointment as chief justice of Utah Territory in 1879.He was appointed by the Governor in 1879 to compile the general statutes of Colorado.He died in Denver, Colorado, January 7, 1903.He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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