Biography

1776 - 01/15/1850

BROOM, James Madison, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, 1776 in Wilmington, New Castle County, De.; graduated, law, Princeton College, 1794; lawyer (1801-1850); elected, United States Congress, representing New Castle County, De. (1805-1807); commissioner, Wilmington and Kennet Turnpike Company (1811); unsuccessful campaign, Delaware State Senate (1812, 1814, 1816, 1817); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1821-1822 term; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1822); trustee, Jefferson College (now, Thomas Jefferson University) (1827-1837); died, January 15, 1850 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.