Abraham Lincoln Brick | |
State: | Indiana |
Term Start: | March 4, 1899 |
Term End: | April 7, 1908 |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1860 |
Birth Place: | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Riverview Cemetery South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Nationality: | American |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | Cornell University Yale University |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
Occupation: | Attorney |
Abraham Lincoln Brick (May 27, 1860 – April 7, 1908) was an American attorney and politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 until his death in 1908.
Abraham Lincoln Brick was born on his father's farm, near South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana on May 27, 1860. Brick attended the common schools and was graduated from the South Bend High School. He later attended Cornell University and Yale University, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1883.[1]
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. He served as prosecuting attorney for the counties of St. Joseph and La Porte in 1886 and delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896.[1]
Brick was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-Sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death.[1] [2]
Brick died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 7, 1908.[1] He was interred in Riverview Cemetery in South Bend.[1]
Brick's papers are held in the collection of the Indiana State Library.[3]