Andrew R. Brodbeck (April 11, 1860 – February 27, 1937) was an American businessman and Democratic member of the

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from

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, serving two non-consecutive terms from 1913 to 1915 and again from 1917 to 1919.

Biography

Andrew R. Brodbeck was born in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and taught in the public schools of York County from 1878 to 1880. He moved to

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, in 1880 and engaged in the farm implement and fertilizer business until 1896. He served as sheriff of York County from 1896 to 1899. He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910.

Congress

Brodbeck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was again elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He was a delegate at large to the

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Retirement and death

He retired in 1920 and died in

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and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodbeck, Andrew R. Politicians from York County, Pennsylvania 1860 births Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1937 deaths 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives