Andrew Sidney Broaddus

Full Name: Andrew Sidney Broaddus
Date of birth: 1810
Date of death: April 23, 1891

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	17	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Bryan / Brazos		Brazos, Burleson, Milam
H	53	Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863	9th		Caldwell / Burleson		Burleson, Robertson

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House District 17
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos
Counties in district: Brazos, Burleson, Milam

House District 53
Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863
Legislatures: 9th
Home City/County: Caldwell / Burleson
Counties in district: Burleson, Robertson

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Judge Andrew Sidney Broaddus (1810-1891), burial in Old City Cemetery, Caldwell, Burleson County. Includes marker with biographical sketch, Judge Andrew S. Broaddus (1810-1891). Find a Grave.
BROADDUS, ANDREW SIDNEY (1810-1891). "Broaddus was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives during the Ninth Legislature from 1861-1863, and the Thirteenth Legislature during 1873." Also served in Virginia House of Delegates, 1844-1845. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Death of Judge A.S. Broaddus, Near Caldwell Texas," The Galveston Daily News, 4/24/1891, p.3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "While in Texas he had been a member of the legislature, district judge, and held other offices." Death date 4/23/1891. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Historical marker, Near Homesite of Judge Andrew S. Broaddus, Cooks Point, Burleson County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. A.S. Broaddus, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Andrew Broaddus, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873 Agricultural and Mechanical College (Chair) Bayland's Orphan Home on Galveston Bay, Select Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Finance Impeachment of Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District, Select (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Printing and Contingent Expenses (Chair) Privileges and Elections Redistricting
9th R.S. - 1861 Governor's Veto Message Private Land Claims Privileges and Elections (Chair) State Affairs State Military Board

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