Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Elbridge Jackson Broaddus (1835-1918) —
also known as Elbridge J. Broaddus —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 19,
1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Chillicothe, Mo., 1871-72, 1890-91; defeated, 1891; circuit
judge in Missouri 7th Circuit, 1874-80, 1891-1900; appointed 1891;
Greenback candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1878; Judge, Missouri
Kansas City Court of Appeals, 1901-12.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Hobart, Kiowa
County, Okla., March 2,
1918 (age 82 years, 256
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Joseph Broaddus (1862-1925) —
also known as Joe Broaddus —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., May 28,
1862.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; Livingston
County Surveyor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1916.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., June 22,
1925 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Bower Slack Broaddus (1888-1949) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., May 30,
1888.
Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1935-38; U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1940-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
10, 1949 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. (1895-1982) —
also known as W. R. Broaddus, Jr. —
of Martinsville,
Va.
Born in West Point, King
William County, Va., December
30, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Henry
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1929-46; director, First National
Bank of
Martinsville; director, Bassett Furniture
Industries, Inc.; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1947-53; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 13th District,
1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Martinsville,
Va., September
14, 1982 (age 86 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Martinsville, Va.
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Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; laundry
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1972 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William West Broaddus (1901-1960) —
also known as William W. Broaddus —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Erin, Houston
County, Tenn., September
30, 1901.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1948.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Denver,
Colo., 1960
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Erin Oak Hill Cemetery, Erin, Tenn.
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