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Up for sale a RARE! "Pennsylvania Senator" Richard Brodhead Clipped Signature.

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Richard Brodhead (January

5, 1811 – September 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician

from Easton, Pennsylvania. He

represented Pennsylvania in both

the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father

of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead. Richard

Brodhead was born in Lehman

Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Hannah (Drake) and Richard Brodhead,

Sr. Brodhead moved to Easton, Pennsylvania in

1830. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in

Easton. He was a member of the Pennsylvania

State House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839. He was

appointed treasurer of Northampton County,

Pennsylvania in 1841. His wife was Mary Jane Davis Bradford, a

niece of Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. Brodhead was elected as a Democrat served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during

the Twenty-ninth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. Brodhead

was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate. He served

as chairman of the United

States Senate Committee on Claims during the United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary died in Easton in 1863. Interment in Easton Cemetery. He was the most recent resident of the Lehigh Valley area to serve as United States Senator from

Pennsylvania until the election of incumbent Pat Toomey in 2010.