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John Brodhead
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At-Large district
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byIchabod Bartlett
Succeeded byBenning M. Bean
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office
1817–1827
Personal details
Born(1770-10-05)October 5, 1770
Lower Smithfield, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedApril 7, 1838(1838-04-07) (aged 67)
Newfields, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting placeLocust Cemetery
Newfields, New Hampshire
CitizenshipU.S.
Political partyJacksonian
SpouseMary Dodge Brodhead
ChildrenDaniel Dodge Brodhead
John Montgomery Brodhead
Elizabeth Harrison Brodhead Norris
Anne Mudge Brodhead Ewens
Joseph Crawford Brodhead
Mehitabel Smith Brodhead Weeks
George Hamilton Brodhead
Mary Rebecca Brodhead Pike
Olive Brodhead
Thornton Fleming Brodhead
Josiah Adams Brodhead
Almena Cutter Brodhead.
ProfessionMinister
Politician

John Brodhead (October 5, 1770 – April 7, 1838) was a Methodist minister, an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Lower Smithfield in the Province of Pennsylvania, Brodhead attended the common schools and Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) Academy. He studied theology and was ordained a Methodist minister in 1794 remaining active in ministerial service for forty-four years.

Career

Brodhead moved in 1796 to New England, where he became supervisor of Methodist societies in the Connecticut Valley. He settled in Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1801, then moved to Newfields Village, Newmarket, New Hampshire, in 1809. From 1810 to about 1823, he occupied the parsonage and preached in the parish church.[1]

A member of the New Hampshire Senate, 1817–1827, Brodhead also officiated as chaplain of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1825.

Elected as a Jacksonian[2] to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, Brodhead served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833.[3] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1832 and resumed his ministerial duties.

Death

Brodhead died in Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, on April 7, 1838 (age 67 years, 184 days). He is interred at Locust Grove Cemetery, Newfields, New Hampshire.

Family life

On August 17, 1801 Brodhead, son of Luke and Elizabeth Harrison Brodhead, married Mary Dodge, daughter of Thomas and Ruth Giddings Dodge. They had twelve children - six sons and six daughters.[4]

References

  1. ^ Brodhead, John. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911. The Rumford Press. p. 391.
  2. ^ Brodhead, John. Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire. Harvard University Press. p. 163.
  3. ^ "John Brodhead". NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Brodhead, John. Annals of the American Pulpit: Methodist. William Buell Sprague R. Carter, 1861 - Clergy. p. 242.


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Preceded by Representative of the At-Large Congressional District of New Hampshire
1829—1833 		Succeeded by
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