Broderick, David C. 1820-1859
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Name (Latin)
Broderick, David C. 1820-1859
Other forms of name
Broderick, D. C. (David Colbreth), 1820-1859
Broderick, David Colbreth, 1820-1859
Date of birth
1820-02-04
Date of death
1859-09-16
Occupation
Legislators
Stone-cutters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, February 26, 2018: (Brodericlk, David Colbreth, Senate years of service: 1857-1859 (cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick), a Senator from California; born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820, his father having emigrated from Ireland to work as a stonecutter on the Capitol; moved with his parents to New York City in 1823; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a stonecutter in early youth; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in smelting and assaying gold; member, State senate 1850-1851, serving as president in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, until mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California; died near San Francisco, Calif., September 16, 1859; interment under a monument erected by the people of the State in Lone Mountain (later Laurel Hill) Cemetery, San Francisco; reinterred in 1942 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.)
- His Speech of Hon. D.C. Broderick, of California, against the admission of Kansas, 1858.
- NUC pre-1956(Broderick, David Colbreth, 1820-1859)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Broderick, David C. (David Colbreth), 1820-1859; usage: David C. Broderick; D.C. Broderick)
- LC in RLIN, 12/7/89(hdg.: Broderick, David Colbreth, 1820-1859; usage: David C. Broderick)
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Hon. David C. Broderick, Cal
Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was an attorney and politician, elected by the legislature as Democratic U.S. Senator from California. He lived in New York until moving to California during the Gold Rush. He was a first cousin of politicians Andrew Kennedy of Indiana and Case Broderick of Kansas. At age 39, Broderick was fatally wounded in a duel with jurist David S. Terry, a former friend.
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