Frederick George Bromberg (June 19, 1837 – September 4, 1930) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1873 to 1875.

Biography

Born in

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, Bromberg moved with his parents to

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, in February 1838. He attended the public schools and graduated from

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in 1858. He then studied chemistry at Harvard from 1861 to 1863, and was a tutor of mathematics there from 1863 to 1865.

Political career

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

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1868–1872. He was appointed

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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

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in 1872 (the party's only national convention).

Congress

Bromberg was elected as a Liberal Republican and Democratic Party fusion candidate to the

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(March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875), largely due to a split in the main Republican vote, defeating Philip Joseph due to the main Republican Party splitting into various factions. Bromberg 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

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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

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but they accepted the results as valid.

Later career

He studied law, was

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in 1877 and commenced practice in

. He served as president of the State bar association in 1906. Bromberg served as the Alabama commissioner of the

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in 1893.

Death and burial

He died in

, on September 4, 1930, and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bromberg, Frederick George 1837 births 1930 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama Harvard University alumni Alabama Liberal Republicans Alabama Democrats Liberal Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature