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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaFrederick George BROMBERG
(1837-1930)
BROMBERG, Frederick
George, a Representative from Alabama; born in New York City
June 19, 1837; moved with his parents to Mobile, Ala., in February
1838; attended the public schools; was graduated from Harvard
University in 1858; studied chemistry at Harvard University
1861-1863; tutor of mathematics at Harvard University 1863-1865;
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; member of the State senate 1868-1872; appointed
postmaster of Mobile in July 1869 but was removed in June 1871;
chairman of the Alabama delegation to the Liberal Republican
Convention at Cincinnati in 1872; elected as a Liberal Republican
to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875);
unsuccessfully contested the election of Jeremiah Haralson to the
Forty-fourth Congress; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1877
and commenced practice in Mobile, Ala.; Alabama commissioner of the
World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893; president of
the State bar association in 1906; died in Mobile, Ala., on
September 4, 1930; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Bibliography
Sizemore, Margaret Davidson. “Frederick G. Bromberg of
Mobile: An Illustrious Character, 1837-1928.” The Alabama
Review 29 (April 1976): 104-12.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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