Jefferson Davis Brodhead (January 12, 1859 – April 23, 1920), also known as J. Davis Brodhead and Joseph Davis Brodhead, was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the

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from

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for one term from 1907 to 1909.

Life and career

J. Davis Brodhead (son of

Richard Brodhead Richard Brodhead (January 5, 1811September 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House (1843 to 1849) and Senate (1851 to 1857). He was the father of U.S. Represe ...

) was born in Easton,

. He attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in

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. He was elected as district attorney of

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, in 1889. He was a delegate to the

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s in

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and

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

. Brodhead was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

. He resumed the practice of law in

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. He was appointed judge of the courts of record of Northampton County in 1914. He died in

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, in 1920. He is interred in the

Easton Cemetery Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania, established in 1849. It is the burial site of many notable individuals. ''Note:'' This includes Easton Cemetery's parklike cemetery landscape design is based on the ...

in Easton.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
1859 births 1920 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers Pennsylvania state court judges Politicians from Easton, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Family of Jefferson Davis 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-state-judge-stub