Jefferson Davis Brodhead
U.S. Congressperson
1859 – 1920
Who was Jefferson Davis Brodhead?
Jefferson Davis Brodhead, also known as J. Davis Brodhead and Joseph Davis Brodhead, was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
J. Davis Brodhead was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was elected as district attorney of Northampton County, Pennsylvania in 1889. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1904.
Brodhead was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908. He resumed the practice of law in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was appointed judge of the courts of record of Northampton County in 1914. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1920. Interment in Easton Cemetery in Easton.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1859
Easton - Also known as
- J. Davis Brodhead
- Joseph Davis Brodhead
- Judge Jefferson Davis Brodhead
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Apr 23, 1920
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on July 23, 2013
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