David C. Broderick
Overview
United States Senate
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from California
California
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. He was a first cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick
Case Broderick
Case Broderick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Marion, Indiana, Case Broderick was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Andrew Kennedy. Broderick attended the common schools in Indiana. He moved to Holton, Kansas, in 1858 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Case Broderick...
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David C. Broderick was born in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, the son of an Irish
Ireland
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stonecutter
Stonecutter
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who had immigrated
Immigration
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to the United States
United States
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in order to work on the United States Capitol
United States Capitol
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. Broderick moved with his parents to New York City
New York City
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in 1823, where he attended public schools, and was apprenticed to a stonecutter.
Broderick became active in politics as a young man.
