John Brodhead (New Hampshire politician) explained

John Brodhead
State:New Hampshire
District:At-Large
Term Start:March 4, 1829
Term End:March 3, 1833
Preceded:Ichabod Bartlett
Succeeded:Benning M. Bean
Office2:Member of the New Hampshire Senate
Term Start2:1817
Term End2:1827
Birth Date:5 October 1770
Birth Place:Lower Smithfield, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Death Place:Newfields, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting Place:Locust Cemetery
Newfields, New Hampshire
Citizenship:U.S.
Spouse:Mary Dodge Brodhead
Children:Daniel 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.
Profession:Minister
Politician
Party:Jacksonian

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 12 children; six sons and six daughters.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brodhead, John. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911. 1912. The Rumford Press. 391.
  2. Book: Brodhead, John. Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire. June 21, 1999. Harvard University Press. 163. 9781583483077.
  3. Web site: John Brodhead. 1898 . NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES. February 5, 2014.
  4. Book: Brodhead, John. Annals of the American Pulpit: Methodist. 1861. William Buell Sprague R. Carter, 1861 - Clergy. 242.