Captain Hugh Jones Brooke (W4) Chester and Delaware Counties 1849-1851 (R5) Chester and Delaware Counties 1870-1872
Early Life:
Hugh Jones Brooke, born December 27, 1805, Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; son of Nathan and Mary Brooke; captain, United States Volunteers Commissary Department, Washington, D.C., Civil War, 1861-1863; elected, delegate, National Anti-Masonic Convention, 1835; farmer; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1843-1844; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1849-1851; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1870-1872; director, Bank of Media; vice president, Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble Minded Children; director, Delaware Mutual Insurance Company; married, Jemima Elizabeth Longmire Brooke, three children, all died before their six birthdays; died, December 19, 1876 (aged 70), Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interment, Old Saint David Church Cemetery, Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Captain, United States Volunteers Commissary Department, Washington, D.C., Civil War, 1861-1863.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, delegate, National Anti-Masonic Convention, 1835.
Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1843-1844.
Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1849-1851.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 5th district, Chester and Delaware Counties 1870-1872; committee assignments, Agriculture, Constitutional Reform, Finance.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:
Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1872). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 502, 506-508.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Wednesday December 20, 1876, Page 2.
Hugh Jones Brooke (1805-1876) - Find a Grave Memorial