Jacob Broom (congressman)

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This article is about the Pennsylvania Congressman. For the Delaware politician, see Jacob Broom.

Jacob Broom (July 25, 1808–November 28, 1864) was a American Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Jacob Broom (son of James Madison Broom) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Philadelphia with his parents in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He appointed deputy auditor of the State in 1840, and clerk of the Philadelphia orphans’ court from 1848 to 1852.

Broom was nominated by the Native American Party in 1852 for President of the United States. He was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1856 and for election to the Thirty-sixth Congress in 1858. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1864. Interment in Congressional Cemetery.

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

Preceded by: William H. Witte

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district 1855-1857

Succeeded by: Henry M. Phillips