John C. Brodhead

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John C. Brodhead
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byNicholas Sickles
Succeeded byRufus Palen
In office
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byCharles G. DeWitt
Succeeded byCharles Bodle
Personal details
Born(1780-10-27)October 27, 1780
Jacksonian
Democrat
ProfessionPolitician

John Curtis Brodhead (October 27, 1780 – January 2, 1859) was an American politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives for two non-consecutive terms from 1831 to 1833, and from 1837 to 1839.

Biography

Brodhead was born in

Jacksonian in the Twenty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.[2]
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1832.

Tenure in Congress

He then served as a Democrat in the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839.[3] During the Twenty-fifth Congress, Brodhead served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.[4] He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1838, and resumed his mercantile and agricultural pursuits after leaving Congress.

Death

He died in Modena, New York on January 2, 1859, and is interred in Modena Rural Cemetery in Modena.[5]

His first cousin, Matthew Oliver (1780-1865), served as the Town of Marbletown Supervisor from 1829 to 1837. Matthew's son James Oliver (1806-1893) held this position from 1839 to 1840.

Notes

  1. ^ Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Ulster County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Everts & Peck. p. 174. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ Force, Peter (1832). National Calendar for Volume 10. Davis & Force. p. 149.
  3. ^ United States. Government Printing Office (1918). Congressional Serial Set. U.S. G.P.O. p. 501. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ^ The Congressional Globe, Volume 24, Parts 1-2, and Blair, Francis Preston (1855). The Congressional Globe, Volume 24, Parts 1-2. Printed at the Globe Office for the editors. p. 27. Retrieved 22 July 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district

1831 - 1833
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district

1837 - 1839
Succeeded by

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