Joseph Davis Brodhead

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 26th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 12, 1859 (61 years old)

Birthday

April 23, 1920

Death

Served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term (1907-1909)
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania
Attended public schools and studied law
Admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Elected district attorney of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1889
Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1904
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to Congress in 1908
Resumed the practice of law in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, after his term in Congress
Appointed judge of the courts of record of Northampton County in 1914
Died in Washington, D.C., in 1920 and was interred in Easton Cemetery, Easton