Andrew R. Brodbeck
U.S. Congressperson
1860 – 1937
Who was Andrew R. Brodbeck?
Andrew R. Brodbeck was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Andrew R. Brodbeck was born in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and taught in the public schools of York County from 1878 to 1880. He moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and engaged in the farm implement and fertilizer business until 1896. He served as sheriff of York County from 1896 to 1899. He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910.
Brodbeck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was again elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He was a delegate at large to the 1920 Democratic National Convention. He retired in 1920 and died in Hanover. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1860
Codorus Township - Also known as
- Andrew Brodbeck
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- York
- Died
- Feb 27, 1937
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on July 23, 2013
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