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  Broderick, David Colbreth
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameDavid Colbreth Broderick
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, California , United States
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Born February 04, 1820
DiedSeptember 16, 1859 (39 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedChronicler
Jun 13, 2007 08:29pm
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Info (cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick), a Senator from California; born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820, his father having emigrated from Ireland to work as a stonecutter on the Capitol; moved with his parents to New York City in 1823; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a stonecutter in early youth; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in smelting and assaying gold; member, State senate 1850-1851, serving as president in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, until mortally wounded on 9/13/1859 in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California (David S. Terry); died near San Francisco, Calif., September 16, 1859; interment under a monument erected by the people of the State in Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco.


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Sep 13, 1859 05:00pm Sep 13, 1859 05:00pm Assassination Broderick-Terry Duel  Chronicler 

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