Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a
Republican member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Education and military service
Marriott Brosius was born in
Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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C ...
, where he attended Thomas Baker's Academy. During the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Ninety-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in October 1861, for three years, and reenlisted May 1864. He was honorably discharged in December 1864. On February 28, 1865, was commissioned a second lieutenant for bravery on the field of battle. After the war he attended the
State Normal School at
Millersville, Pennsylvania
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History
Origina ...
, and the law department of the
University of Michigan
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at
Ann Arbor
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. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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.
House of Representatives
Brosius was elected as a Republican to the
51st and to the six succeeding Congresses. He was chairman of the
United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service during the
54th and
55th Congresses, and of the
United States House Committee on Banking and Currency during the
56th Congress. He served until his death in Lancaster in 1901, aged 58. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
See also
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References
Profile Politicalgraveyard.com; accessed March 7, 2017.
Memorial addresses on the life and character of Marriott Brosius, late a representative from Pennsylvania delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1902
1843 births
1901 deaths
Union army officers
Pennsylvania lawyers
Millersville University of Pennsylvania alumni
University of Michigan Law School alumni
People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
Politicians from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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