"Pennsylvania Congressman" John Martin Broomall Hand Signed 3X5 Card For Sale
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"Pennsylvania Congressman" John Martin Broomall Hand Signed 3X5 Card:
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Up for sale "Pennsylvania Congressman" John Martin Broomall Signed 3X5 Card.
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John Martin Broomall (January
19, 1816 – June 3, 1894) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member
of the U.S. House congressional district from 1863 to 1869. John M. Broomall
was born in Upper
Chichester Township, Pennsylvania[1] to John and Sarah (Martin)
Broomall.[2] He was a twin to his sister
Elizabeth Martin Broomall.[3] He attended Samuel Smith's Quaker boarding school in Wilmington, Delaware and
after graduation began studying law under John Bouvier, a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia.
He
continued the study of law under U.S. Congressman Samuel Edwards, was admitted to the Delaware County bar in
1840 and commenced practice in Chester, Pennsylvania.
In 1848, Broomall was appointed deputy
attorney general for Delaware County by Attorney General Cooper.
He
was a member of the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852. He served on the
State revenue board in 1854. He was an unsuccessful candidate for He was a
delegate to the 1860
Republican National Convention. He moved to Media, Pennsylvania, in
1860 and continued the practice of law. Broomall
served in the Union Army as Captain
of Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Infantry,
from June 18 to August 1, 1863. In 1862, Broomall was elected as a Republican
to active opponent of slavery, he signed the 13th amendment to the
Constitution. He also advocated for a universal suffrage amendment. He served
as chairman of the United
States House Committee on Accounts during the Fortieth Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. In 1874, Broomall resumed the
practice of law. He and his law partner William Ward began
investing in real estate in Chester, Pennsylvania building homes in the south
ward.[3] Broomall was a delegate to the
State constitutional convention. In March 1874, he was appointed President
Judge of the newly created Thirty-Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania by
Governor John F. Hartranft and
served until January 1875, when he lost election to the position to Thomas J. Clayton.b Broomall
was an originator and President of the Delaware County Mutual Insurance Company as
well as the first president of the Chester Gas Company. He was elected
president as the first president of the Law Library Association of the Delaware
County bar[3] and as president of the Delaware
County Institute of Science.
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