"19th Century Pennsylvania Congressman" John Martin Broomall Signed 3X5 Card

Description: Up for auction "Pennsylvania Congressman" John Martin Broomall Signed 3X5 Card. ES-1363B John Martin Broomall (January 19, 1816 – June 3, 1894) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1863 to 1869. John M. Broomall was born in Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania[1] to John and Sarah (Martin) Broomall.[2] He was a twin to his sister Elizabeth Martin Broomall.[3] He attended Samuel Smith's Quaker boarding school in Wilmington, Delaware and after graduation began studying law under John Bouvier, a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. He continued the study of law under U.S. Congressman Samuel Edwards, was admitted to the Delaware County bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Chester, Pennsylvania. In 1848, Broomall was appointed deputy attorney general for Delaware County by Attorney General Cooper. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852. He served on the State revenue board in 1854. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 and in 1858. He was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. He moved to Media, Pennsylvania, in 1860 and continued the practice of law. Broomall served in the Union Army as Captain of Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Infantry, from June 18 to August 1, 1863. In 1862, Broomall was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses. An active opponent of slavery, he signed the 13th amendment to the Constitution. He also advocated for a universal suffrage amendment. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Fortieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. In 1874, Broomall resumed the practice of law. He and his law partner William Ward began investing in real estate in Chester, Pennsylvania building homes in the south ward.[3] Broomall was a delegate to the State constitutional convention. In March 1874, he was appointed President Judge of the newly created Thirty-Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania by Governor John F. Hartranft and served until January 1875, when he lost election to the position to Thomas J. Clayton.b Broomall was an originator and President of the Delaware County Mutual Insurance Company as well as the first president of the Chester Gas Company. He was elected president as the first president of the Law Library Association of the Delaware County bar[3] and as president of the Delaware County Institute of Science.

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