James Broadhead
James Overton Broadhead (born May 29, 1819 in Charlottesville , Virginia , † August 7, 1898 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .
Career
James Broadhead attended high school in Albemarle County and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In 1837 he came to Missouri. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began to work in Bowling Green in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the years 1845, 1861, 1863 and 1875 he was a delegate at conferences on the revision of the state constitution.
From 1846 to 1847 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . He then sat in the State Senate between 1850 and 1853 . From 1859, Broadhead lived in St. Louis, where he practiced as a lawyer. In 1861 he became a federal attorney for the eastern part of the state of Missouri. Broadhead served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War . In 1863, he was appointed Provost Marshal Head of the Missouri Military Police. In both 1868 and 1872 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention . In 1876 he was a federal special prosecutor in St. Louis, where he was one of the prosecutors in the so-called Whiskey Ring case . In 1878 he became the first president of the American Bar Association .
In the 1882 congressional election , Broadhead was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Nicholas Ford on March 4, 1883 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1884, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1885 . In 1885, Broadhead served as the American government's special envoy in France ; from 1893 to 1897 he was the successor of Colby Cheney as the American envoy in Switzerland . He died on August 7, 1898 in St. Louis.
Web links
- James Broadhead in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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SURNAME | Broadhead, James |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Broadhead, James Overton (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1819 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottesville , Virginia |
DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1898 |
Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri |