Andrew R. Brodbeck

Andrew R. Brodbeck
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1917  March 3, 1919
Preceded by Cyrus William Beales
Succeeded by Edward Schroeder Brooks
In office
March 4, 1913  March 3, 1915
Preceded by Daniel F. Lafean
Succeeded by Cyrus William Beales
Personal details
Born (1860-04-11)April 11, 1860
Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Died February 27, 1937(1937-02-27) (aged 76)
Political party Democratic

Andrew R. Brodbeck (April 11, 1860 – February 27, 1937) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew R. Brodbeck was born in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and taught in the public schools of York County from 1878 to 1880. He moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and engaged in the farm implement and fertilizer business until 1896. He served as sheriff of York County from 1896 to 1899. He was a member of the board of directors of various business enterprises. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910.

Brodbeck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was again elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He was a delegate at large to the 1920 Democratic National Convention. He retired in 1920 and died in Hanover. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Daniel F. Lafean
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district

1913–1915
Succeeded by
Cyrus William Beales
Preceded by
Cyrus William Beales
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district

1917–1919
Succeeded by
Edward Schroeder Brooks


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