Background
Bronson, David was born on February 8, 1800 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Bronson, David was born on February 8, 1800 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States.
Born in Suffield, Connecticut, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in North Anson, Maine.
He served from May 31, 1841 to March 3, 1843. He moved to Augusta and resumed the practice of law. He moved to Bath and served as collector of customs.
He was judge of probate for Sagadahoc County.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress. Bronson died in Saint Michaels, Maryland.
He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Evans. Bronson was elected a member of the Maine State Senate in 1846.