Abraham L. Brick

Abraham L. Brick

Abraham Lincoln Brick (born May 27, 1860 near South Bend , Indiana , †  April 7, 1908 in Indianapolis , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1908 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abraham Brick was born on his father's farm near South Bend. He attended public schools in his home country including South Bend High School . He later studied at Cornell College and Yale College . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his 1883 admission to the bar, he began to work in South Bend in this profession. At times he also served as a prosecutor in St. Joseph Counties and La Porte Counties .

Politically, Brick was a member of the Republican Party . In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis , where William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of 1898 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Lemuel W. Royse on March 4, 1899 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 7, 1908 . He was buried in his home parish, South Bend.

Web links

• Abraham L. Brick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abraham L. Brick in the database of Find a Grave (English)