List of United States Political Families (B) - The Brodheads

The Brodheads

  • Richard Brodhead (1811–1863), Pennsylvania State Representative 1837-1839, Treasurer of Northampton County, Pennsylvania; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1843-1849; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1851-1857. Father of Jefferson Davis Brodhead.
    • Jefferson Davis Brodhead (1859–1920), District Attorney of Northampton County, Pennsylvania; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1892 1904; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1907-1909. Son of Richard Brodhead.

NOTE: Jefferson Davis Brodhead was also grandnephew of U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.

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