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Up for sale a RARE! "Pennsylvania Senator" Richard Brodhead Clipped Signature.
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Richard Brodhead (January
5, 1811 – September 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician
from Easton, Pennsylvania. He
represented Pennsylvania in both
the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father
of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead. Richard
Brodhead was born in Lehman
Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Hannah (Drake) and Richard Brodhead,
Sr. Brodhead moved to Easton, Pennsylvania in
1830. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in
Easton. He was a member of the Pennsylvania
State House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839. He was
appointed treasurer of Northampton County,
Pennsylvania in 1841. His wife was Mary Jane Davis Bradford, a
niece of Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. Brodhead was elected as a Democrat served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during
the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. Brodhead
was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate. He served
as chairman of the United
States Senate Committee on Claims during the United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary died in Easton in 1863. Interment in Easton Cemetery. He was the most recent resident of the Lehigh Valley area to serve as United States Senator from
Pennsylvania until the election of incumbent Pat Toomey in 2010.
