John Broome (politician)
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John Broome (1738 - August 1810) was an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1804 to 1810.
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Broome was a merchant and lived most of his life in New York City, where he was deeply involved in mercantile and charitable institutions. He fought in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1777. He was the president of the Chamber of Commerce from 1785 to 1794. In August 1795, during an outbreak of yellow fever, he was the chairman of the city's Health Committee, appointed by Governor George Clinton the previous year, and kept on by Clinton's rival John Jay despite Broome's prominence at a partisan rally to oppose the treaty Jay had just negotiated with the British, since Health was not a partisan issue. The health committee denied there was an epidemic and played down the number of deaths, attributing them to other causes. Broome was a member of the New York State Senate from 1803 to 1804, from the Southern District. From 1804 until his death in office in 1810 he was Lieutenant Governor of New York, first under Morgan Lewis (1804-1807), then under Daniel D. Tompkins (1807-1810). His death occurred two months into his third term - the governor's term then was three years, beginning on July 1 - so that at first the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate John Tayler became acting lieutenant governor, and in April 1811 DeWitt Clinton won a special election to serve for the remainder of the term.
Broome's remains were initially buried in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church in New York on Wall Street in New York City. However, they were moved in the 1840s when the church relocated to Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.
Broome County, New York and the Town of Broome in Schoharie County, New York are named after him, as well as a street in Manhattan in New York City.
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- [1] New York yellow fever epidemic in 1795
- [2] Political Graveyard
- [3] First Presbyterian Church in New York City
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| Preceded by Jeremiah Van Rensselaer |
Lieutenant Governor of New York 1804 – 1810 |
Succeeded by John Tayler acting |
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