Andrew R. Brodbeck

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Andrew R. Brodbeck (April 11, 1860–February 27, 1937) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew R. Brodbeck was born in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and taught in the public schools of York County from 1878 to 1880. He moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and engaged in the farm implement and fertilizer business until 1896. He served as sheriff of York County from 1896 to 1899. He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910.

Brodbeck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was again elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He was a delegate at large to the 1920 Democratic National Convention. He retired in 1920 and died in Hanover. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Daniel F. Lafean	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1913 - 1915	Succeeded by C. William Beales
Preceded by C. William Beales	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1917 - 1919	Succeeded by Edward S. Brooks