Frederick G. Bromberg

Frederick G. Bromberg
Frederick G. Bromberg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Alabama's 1st district
	In office; March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Benjamin S. Turner
Succeeded by	Jeremiah Haralson
Member of the Alabama Senate
	In office; 1868-1872
Personal details
Born	Frederick George Bromberg; June 19, 1837; New York City, New York
Died	September 4, 1930 (aged 93); Mobile, Alabama
Resting place	Magnolia Cemetery
Political party	Liberal Republican; Democratic

Frederick George Bromberg (June 19, 1837 – September 4, 1930) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1873 to 1875.

Biography

Born in New York City, Bromberg moved with his parents to Mobile, Alabama, in February 1838. He attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard University in 1858. He then studied chemistry at Harvard from 1861 to 1863, and was a tutor of mathematics there from 1863 to 1865.

Political career

He was appointed treasurer of the city of Mobile in July 1867 by Maj. Gen. John Pope, who commanded the department, and served until January 19, 1869. He served as a member of the Alabama State Senate 1868–1872. He was appointed postmaster of Mobile in July 1869 but was removed in June 1871. He served as chairman of the Alabama delegation to the Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati in 1872 (the party's only national convention).

Congress

Bromberg was elected as a Liberal Republican and Democratic Party fusion candidate to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875), largely due to a split in the main Republican vote, defeating Philip Joseph due to the main Republican Party splitting into various factions. Bromberg received 43.59% of the vote in the election.^[1]

He unsuccessfully ran against Jeremiah Haralson in 1874. In this race, he actually got 46% of the vote, but without a three-way race, he lost. He contested the results of the election before Congress but they accepted the results as valid.

Later career

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Mobile, Alabama. He served as president of the State bar association in 1906.

Bromberg served as the Alabama commissioner of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893.

Death and burial

He died in Mobile, Alabama, on September 4, 1930, and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

Notes

^ Dubin, Michael J. "United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results". McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina. 1998.

References

United States Congress. "Frederick G. Bromberg (id: B000864)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin S. Turner	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st congressional district 1873 – 1875	Succeeded by Jeremiah Haralson