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)

personal data
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