Marriott Brosius
Marriott Henry Brosius | |
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Member of the William Henry Sowden | |
Succeeded by | Henry B. Cassel |
Personal details | |
Born | 97th Pennsylvania Infantry | March 7, 1843
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a
Education and military service
Marriott Brosius was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he attended Thomas Baker's Academy. During the American Civil War, 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, and the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
House of Representatives
Brosius was elected as a Republican to the
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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