Background
Brodhead, Joseph Davis was born on January 12, 1859 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard and Mary (Bradford) Brodhead.
Brodhead, Joseph Davis was born on January 12, 1859 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard and Mary (Bradford) Brodhead.
Student Georgetown College, District of Columbia, 1871-1873, Seton Hall College, South Orange, New Jersey, 1876-1878. Master of Laws, Catholic U. America, 1909.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1881, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1907. District attorney Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1889-1892. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1892, 1904.
Member 60th Congress (1907-1909), 26th Pennsylvania District. Resumed practice of law at South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Judge 3d Judicial District, Pennsylvania, 1914-1915.
Director Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, 1916-1917. Chief department of corporation management under “Trading with the Enemy Act,” November 1917-1918.
Member 60th Congress (1907-1909), 26th Pa.
Married Cecile Harvier, October 18, 1883.