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  Broadhead, James Overton
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NameJames Overton Broadhead
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St. Louis, Missouri , United States
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Born May 29, 1819
DiedAugust 07, 1898 (79 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Sep 06, 2015 04:53am
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InfoBorn May 29, 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia
Died August 7, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri
Profession Attorney
Positions Missouri legislature, elected 1846
Missouri senate (1850?1854)
Member, Missouri constitutional conventions 1861, 1863, 1875
U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri, 1861
President, American Bar Association, 1878
Congressman (D) from Missouri (1883?1885)
Special commisioner on French spoliation, appointed by Grover Cleveland,1885
Mormon lobbyist (1887?1890)
Minister to Switzerland (1893?1897)
Events Member, insurgent legislature of Missouri that governed Missouri during two years of the Civil War.


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  04/07/1893 US Ambassador to Switzerland Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1882 MO District 9 Won 50.37% (+0.75%)
  11/07/1882 MO District 2 - Special Election Lost 48.38% (-1.06%)
  06/29/1876 US President - D Convention Lost 1.83% (-59.31%)
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