Legacy
Edward Dickinson Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, spoke at Broderick's funeral and expressed the widely held belief that Broderick was killed because of his anti-slavery stance:
"His death was a political necessity, poorly veiled beneath the guise of a private quarrel. . .What was his public crime? The answer is in his own words; 'I die because I was opposed to a corrupt administration and the extension of slavery.'"
Some maintain that his death made him a martyr, and the episode represents another small contribution to the spiral towards civil war.
The town of Broderick, California, and Broderick Street in San Francisco were named in his honor.
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