Life span: 02/04/1820 to 09/16/1859TabsLife SummaryFull name: David Colbreth BroderickPlace of Birth: Washington, DCBurial Place: Colma, CABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteOrigins: Free StateOccupation: PoliticianBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US SenateUS House of Representatives Note Cards David Colbreth Broderick (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBRODERICK, David Colbreth, (cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick), a Senator from California; born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820, his father having emigrated from Ireland to work as a stonecutter on the Capitol; moved with his parents to New York City in 1823; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a stonecutter in early youth; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in smelting and assaying gold; member, State senate 1850-1851, serving as president in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, until mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California; died near San Francisco, Calif., September 16, 1859; interment under a monument erected by the people of the State in Lone Mountain (later Laurel Hill) Cemetery, San Francisco; reinterred in 1942 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. "Broderick, David Colbreth," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000857. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 09/13/1859 09/13/1859 Former California Supreme Court Judge Terry shoots California Senator Broderick in a duel over slavery in the state 09/16/1859 09/16/1859 California Senator David Broderick dies of a wound received in a duel three days earlier over slavery in the state 11/20/1859 11/20/1859 Large parade held in New York City in memory of the late Senator Broderick of California 01/14/1860 01/14/1860 Milton S. Latham resigns after five days as California governor 05/15/1860 05/15/1860 Controversial nominee for District Attorney of California confirmed in the U.S. Senate on party lines Documents Subject Docs Date Title 12/24/1857 New York Times, “Governor Walker and General Cass,” December 24, 1857 01/03/1858 Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, January 3, 1858 10/10/1859 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Senator Broderick Killed in a Duel,” October 10, 1859 10/14/1859 New York Times, “Buchanan vs. Forney,” October 14, 1859 03/17/1860 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Kellogg on Douglas,” March 17, 1860 Images David Colbreth Broderick David Colbreth Broderick, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Quinn, Arthur. The Rivals: William Gwin, David Broderick, and the Birth of California. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1994 View Record
David Colbreth Broderick (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBRODERICK, David Colbreth, (cousin of Andrew Kennedy and Case Broderick), a Senator from California; born in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1820, his father having emigrated from Ireland to work as a stonecutter on the Capitol; moved with his parents to New York City in 1823; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a stonecutter in early youth; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in smelting and assaying gold; member, State senate 1850-1851, serving as president in 1851; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1857, until mortally wounded in a duel with the chief justice of the supreme court of California; died near San Francisco, Calif., September 16, 1859; interment under a monument erected by the people of the State in Lone Mountain (later Laurel Hill) Cemetery, San Francisco; reinterred in 1942 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. "Broderick, David Colbreth," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000857.
