Brodhead For Congress
Republican
Oregon's 1st Congressional District
Brodheads were the "Muskets and Muscle" behind the Founding Fathers!
1665 Conquest of New Amsterdam
Captain Daniel Brodhead I (Great Plus Grandfather)
Nichols Expedition British Grenadiers
1728 New York
Captain Richard Brodhead (Great Plus Grandfather)
1737 New York
Captain Daniel Brodhead II (Great Plus Grandfather)
1774 Pennsylvania
The First Continental Congress
Daniel Brodhead III (Great Plus Granduncle)
"Revolutionary"
The Boston Port Bill.—Then the British Government determined to exercise force, and in March, 1774, passed the Boston Port Bill, which closed the port and led to the outbreak of hostilities. The immediate cause of the war, therefore, was the passage of the Bradford resolutions and the consequences which resulted from that act.
First Continental Congress.—Massachusetts called loudly for help. A convention of county committees met iii Philadelphia. Among the committeemen were John Dickinson, Joseph Reed, soon to be Adjutant-general, Thomas Mifflin, soon to be Major-general, Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, Anthony Wayne, James Wilson, later a Justice of the Supreme Court, and William Irvine and Daniel Brodhead, who later commanded brigades. They adopted a paper, drawn by Dickinson, which recommended the Assembly to appoint delegates to a Congress of the colonies, and to endeavor to secure among others a repeal of the acts quartering troops and imposing duties, and the Boston Port Bill.
Pennsylvanians in the Congress.—The Assembly sent delegates to the Congress which met in Carpenters Hall, on the south side of Chestnut Street below Fourth in Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. The delegates from Pennsylvania to this first Continental Congress, to which came Patrick Henry and George Washington from Virginia, and John Adams and Samuel Adams from Massachusetts, were Joseph Galloway, Samuel Rhoads, Thomas Mifflin, John Dickinson, John Morton, Charles Humphrey, George Ross, and Edward Biddle. Of the six papers drawn by the Congress, the two most important, the Address to the King and the Address to the people of Canada, were written by Dickinson. The Congress determined that if the Act of Parliament changing the government of Massachusetts should be forced upon its people, "All America ought to support them in opposition."
Three Brodhead Brothers and a son from Pennsylvania fight for a new nation!
Lt. Garrett Brodhead (10th
(8th
(Great Plus GrandUncle)
Would become overall comander of troops at the "Battle of Long Island" and cover George Washington's
retreat across the East River.
Lt. Ensign Brodhead
(8th Pennsylvania) ( Son of Daniel)
(Wounded and captured at the "Battle of Long Island" ,was exchanged but died from his wounds)
Captain Luke Brodhead
( 6th Pennsylvania)
(Great plus GrandUncle)
(Wounded and captured at the "Battle of Long Island" and was held on a prison ship
until exchanged in March of 1777. He then made his way to his regiment and fought at Brandywine (where he was again wounded), Germantown, and Monmouth. He wintered at "Valley Forge" with his "Band of Brothers" ! Luke would become Aide-De-Camp to General Marquis de Lafeyette. Owing to the hardships he endured as a prisoner of war, and suffering from his wounds, he was forced to retire and rejoin his family in 1778.
10 Brodhead related family members fought for independence during " The American Revolution! "
"Live Free or Die"
December 23, 1776
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
The American Crisis Thomas Paine
The Brodheads would winter with George Washington at Valley Forge. Luke and Daniel would inoculate themselves against "Small Pox" with the blood of patriots and take "The oath of Allegiance" along with: Alexander Hamilton, Charles Lee, Nathaniel Greene, Benedict Arnold, Anthony Wayne, Baron Von Steuben, Peter Muhlengurg, Tench Tilghman, Marquis De Lafeyette and so on. Luke would become very good friends with Marquis De Lafeyette. Battle after battle, Col. Daniel Brodhead would prove himself a very competent and brave field commander for the Thompson's rifles 8th Pennsylvania. So much so that George Washington placed him in charge of the Western Department headquartered at Fort Pitt .
Other famous battles the Brodheads were engaged in were the Defense of Philadelphia, Siege of Boston,
War of 1812
Major Richard Brodhead (Great plus Grand father)
2nd Battalion Pennsylvania State Malitia
War of 1812
Private Garret Brodhead ( Great plus Grandfather)
Adam Hawks 2nd Brigade
1829 to 1833
John Brodhead
Jacksonian Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives
New Hampshire 21st and 22nd Congress
( Preceeded Franklin Pierce)
1831 to 1833
John Curtis Brodhead
Jacksonian Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives
New York 22nd Congress
Democrat (served with Franklin Pierce)
15th Infantry
1853 Senate Bill S-396
Senator Richard H. Brodhead
32nd Congress
Pennsylvania
(Great Plus Grand Uncle)
Democrat
Authors and helps pass S-396 which funds The beginnings of the Transcontinental Railroad and Transcontinental Telegraph
1852 Rebuilding the Capital Building Dome
Senator Richard H Brodhead helps pass legislation financing Capital building dome, Congressional library, West and East Wing see 32nd Congress S-460
Col. Thornton Fleming Brodhead
Raises First Michigan cavalry
Democrat
Although a staunch Democrat, Thornton was a warm friend of Abraham Lincoln, and received his orders to raise the 1st Michigan Cavalry directly from president Lincoln.
Col. Thornton F. Brodhead, commanding officer of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, was apparently
the last Federal on the battlefield. Brodhead tried to rally Buford's routed forces, and could have escaped with the rest of the command. However, he chose to stay and try to patch together a defensive line. Adjutant Lewis Harman of the 12th Virginia met Brodhead near the Lewis Ford.
Harman demanded Brodhead's surrender and, when Brodhead refused, the Confederate shot and mortally wounded the Yankee officer. Harman rode off with Brodhead's horse, saddle, pistols, and sabre. Brodhead received a deathbed brevet to brigadier general for his valiant stand at the Lewis Ford. The 1st Michigan would then be transfered to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade and commanded by General George Armstrong Custer.
1863
Lt. Edgar Brodhead
U.S.S. Saratoga
Acting Lieutenant, Commanding
Blockades Charleston harbor
1864
Private Jacob Brodhead
serves Co. F 16th New York Artillery Fortress Monroe and Army of the James
1865 Appomattox Courthouse
During the surrender of Lees Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee must ride through the mounted ranks of the 1st
1898
Coxswain Richard Thornton Brodhead
Spanish American War
1907 to 1909
Jefferson Brodhead
Pennsylvania
Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives
60th Congress
1930s and 40s
Andrew Jackson Brodhead (Grand father)
Democrat
Pratt &Whitney
1975 to 1983
William McNulty Brodhead
Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives Michigans 17th district
94th, 95th,96th, 97th Congress
1944 to 1968
Major Andrew Douglas Brodhead (uncle)
Strategic Air Command
Conservative Republican
Army Air Corps and Strategic Air Command
While in the Army Air corps and SAC flies the B-17, B-29, KC-97, B-52, and KC-135.
"Operation Chrome Dome" Squadron Security Officer
Flew the B-52 bomber loaded with Nukes along the Russian border 24/7
