James O. Broadhead (1819–1898)

Former Congressman (D) from Missouri, Church lobbyist (1887–1890). Source: Biographical Congress, 500.


Born May 29, 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia  
Died August 7, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri  
Profession Attorney  
Positions Missouri legislature, elected 1846  
Missouri senate (1850–1854)  
Member, Missouri constitutional conventions 1861, 1863, 1875  
U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri, 1861  
President, American Bar Association, 1878  
Congressman (D) from Missouri (1883–1885)  
Special commisioner on French spoliation, appointed by Grover Cleveland,1885  
Mormon lobbyist (1887–1890) ¶ First Presidency letterpress
Minister to Switzerland (1893–1897)  
Events Member, insurgent legislature of Missouri that governed Missouri during two years of the Civil War.
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