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Brooks, James Wilton

lawyer, state legislator, was born April 19, 1854, in New York city. He met with success in his practice at the start, and attained a just popularity, professionally and socially. In 1882-83 he was elected to the state legislature.

Brooks, Peter Chardon

merchant, state senator, was born Jan. 6, 1767, in Yarmouth, Maine. Engaging in the business of marine insurance, he acquired great wealth and was some years president of the New England Insurance company. He was a member of both branches of the state legislature; and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1820. He died Jan. 1, 1849, in Boston, Mass.

Brooks, Preston S

soldier, congressman, was born in August, 1819, in Edgefield district, S. C. He was a state representative in 1844; in 1846 raised a company of volunteers, was made captain, was elected to congress in 1853, and again in 1855. In 1856 he made a personal assault upon Charles Sumner in the United States senate chamber, which event caused much excitement throughout the country.

He died Jan. 27, 1857, in Washington, D. C.

Brooks, William Keith

naturalist, author, was born March 25, 1848, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a professor of morphology at Johns Hopkins university; and the author of Hand-Book of Invertebrate Zoölogy; Development of the American Oyster; Conifer, a Study in Morphology; Development of Lingula; and The Law of Heredity.

Brooks, William Myron

college president, legislator, was born March 5, 1835, in La Porte, Ohio. He is a graduate from Oberlin college, and became president of Tabor college in 1866. He was the presidential elector in 1876, and the same year was elected a member of the Iowa legislature. In 1868 he was made president of the State Teachers' association of Iowa. Since 1891 he has been president of the Tabor and Northern railway.

Broom, Jacob

congressman, born July 25, 1808, in Baltimore, Md. In 1840 he was deputy auditor of Pennsylvania; and was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-fourth congress. He died in November, 1864, in Washington, D. C.

Broom, James M

congressman, was born in 1778, in Delaware. He was graduated at Princeton in 1794; and was a member of congress from Delaware from 1805 to 1807.

Broomall, John M

lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1816, in Upper Chichester, Pa. He served in the legislature of the state; was a presidential elector in 1861; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-eighth congress; was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses.

Broome, James E

governor, was born March 3, in Florida. He was governor of Florida from 1853 to 1857.

Broome, James M

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Delaware from 1805 to 1807. 1804.

Broome, John

merchant, was born in 1.738. He was a member of the New York state constitutional convention of 1777 and lieutenant-governor of the state in During the whole of his public career he was prominent in New York, and was for many years at the head of some of the most important charitable and commercial institutions of the city.

An important thoroughfare bears his name. He died Aug. 8, 1810.

Brorup, Rasmus Peterson

author, poet, was born in 1851. He is the author of Christianity and Our Times; Truth and Poetry; and other works.

For many years he has been engaged in the publishing business, with headquarters in Chicago, Ill.