Jacob Broom | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Witte |
| Succeeded by | Henry M. Phillips |
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| Born | (1808-07-25)July 25, 1808 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1864(1864-11-28) (aged 56) |
| Political party | American |
Jacob Broom (July 25, 1808 – November 28, 1864) was anAmerican Party member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Jacob Broom (who was the son ofDelaware congressmanJames Madison Broom and grandson of Delaware politicianJacob Broom) was born inBaltimore, Maryland. He moved toPhiladelphia with his parents in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and started practicing in Philadelphia. He was appointed deputy auditor of the State in 1840, and clerk of the Philadelphia Orphans’ Court from 1848 to 1852.
In1852 Broom ran forPresident of the United States under unusual circumstances for theNative American Party, later known as the American Party and generally known as theKnow Nothings. Broom presided over the party's national convention, which nominatedDaniel Webster as its presidential candidate. When Webster died nine days before the election, Broom was hurriedly named as his replacement, withReynell Coates of New Jersey as his running mate. Broom received 2,566 popular votes (0.08%), finishing a poor fifth behind Webster (6,994 votes, 0.22%), who had also been nominated by theUnion Party of Georgia. Neither Webster nor Broom received anyelectoral votes.
Broom was elected as a candidate of the American Party to theThirty-fourth Congress in 1854. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1856 and for election to theThirty-sixth Congress in1858. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1864. Interment inCongressional Cemetery.
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