John C. Brodhead

John Curtis Brodhead (October 27, 1780 – January 2, 1859) was an American politician in the U.S. state of New York.

[3] During the Twenty-fifth Congress, Brodhead served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.

[4] He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1838, and resumed his mercantile and agricultural pursuits after leaving Congress.

[5] His first cousin, Matthew Oliver (1780-1865), served as the Town of Marbletown Supervisor from 1829 to 1837.

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