Marriott Henry Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius (born March 7, 1843 in Colerain , Lancaster County , Pennsylvania , †  March 16, 1901 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1901 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marriott Brosius attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Thomas Baker's Academy . During the civil war he served in the Union army . He was wounded so badly that he had to quit military service as a lieutenant in January 1865. After the war, he continued his education at the State Normal School in Millersville . After studying law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and being admitted to the bar in 1868, he began working in this profession in Lancaster. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1888 , Brosius was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat William Henry Sowden on March 4, 1889 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 16, 1901 . During this time, the Spanish-American War of 1898 took place . From 1895 to 1899 Brosius headed the Committee for the Reform of the Public Service, from 1899 to 1901 he was chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee.

Web links

• Marriott Henry Brosius in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Marriott Henry Brosius in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William Henry Sowden	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (10th constituency) March 4, 1889–16. March 1901	Henry B. Cassel